mcafee has authored three books; the first, "habermas, kristeva, and citizenship" was published by cornell university press in 2000; the second "julia kristeva" was published in 2003 by routledge, and the third "democracy and the political unconscious" was published in 2008 by columbia university press. a fourth book, tentatively titled "democracy otherwise" is in progress. mcafee has also served as editor for a number of books and journal issues, and has also published a large number of peer-reviewed papers and several encyclopedia articles.