As I’ve been away for eight weeks, there was a small mountain of post waiting me in the office. This is the first of four posts listing what arrived.

• a new copy of Heidegger’s Basic Writings. My old copy is falling apart, and this was one of the books I asked for in recompense for some review work
• Eric Dardel, Écrits d’un monde entier – not sure why this was sent, or who by, but thank you.
• Althusser’s The Spectre of Hegel
• a collection of essays on the late Foucault – can’t find a publisher page, but here is the announcement on Foucault News
• Derrida’s early seminar on Heidegger : la question de l’Être et l’Histoire
• Derrida’s late seminar on La peine de mort I