Monthly Archives: October 2022

Georges Dumézil’s Mythe et épopée series and its partial English translations

Posted on October 31, 2022 by stuartelden

Towards the end of his career, Georges Dumézil began to produce some works summarising the results of his decades of research. The most important was the Mythe et épopée series published by Gallimard in three volumes in 1968, 1971 and 1973.  Each … Continue reading →

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Books received – Leroi-Gourhan, Robertson, Allmer, Thompson, Gadoffre, Braudel, Gamsby

Posted on October 31, 2022 by stuartelden

A few second-hand books, along with Ritchie Robertson’s Friedrich Nietzsche, Patricia Allmer, René Magritte and Patrick Gamsby, Henri Lefebvre, Boredom, and Everyday Life, in recompense for review work.

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Émile Benveniste, Problems in General Linguistics, Expanded Edition – HAU Books, August 2021 [now listed as February 2023]

Posted on October 31, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Émile Benveniste, Problems in General Linguistics, Expanded Edition – HAU Books, distributed by University of Chicago Press, August 2021 [now listed as February 2023] First published fifty years ago, Émile Benveniste’s two-volume?Problèmes de linguistique générale…

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Daniel Hartley, Marxism Literary Criticism: An Introductory Reading Guide

Posted on October 29, 2022 by stuartelden

Daniel Hartley, Marxism Literary Criticism: An Introductory Reading Guide English at historicalmaterialism.org; French at Revue Période Marxist literary criticism investigates literature’s role in the class struggle. The best general introductions in English remain Terry Eagleton’s Marxism and Literary Criticism (Routledge, 2002 [1976]) … Continue reading →

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Paolo Virno, The Idea of World: Public Intellect and Use of Life, translated by Lorenzo Chiesa – Seagull Books, September 2022

Posted on October 29, 2022 by stuartelden

Paolo Virno, The Idea of World: Public Intellect and Use of Life, translated by Lorenzo Chiesa – Seagull Books, September 2022 A philosophical exploration of what capitalistic societies truly mean for the individual. A short vade mecum for unrepentant materialism, The Idea of World collects … Continue reading →

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Foucault Studies. New Issue (September 2022)

Posted on October 25, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Foucault Studies. Number 32, September 2022 Editorial Sverre Raffnsøe Articles Foucault and Brown: Disciplinary Intersections Niki Kasumi Clements Askesis and Critique: Foucault and Benjamin Ori Rotlevy UK Lockdown Governmentalities: What Does It Mean to Govern…

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Nigel Thrift, The Pursuit of Possibility: Redesigning Research Universities – Policy Press, October 2022

Posted on October 25, 2022 by stuartelden

Nigel Thrift, The Pursuit of Possibility: Redesigning Research Universities – Bristol University Press, October 2022 Are British research universities losing their way or are they finding a new way?  Nigel Thrift, a well-known academic and a former Vice-Chancellor, explores recent … Continue reading →

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Longer tributes to Bruno Latour – Justin Smith, Paul Edwards & Gabrielle Hecht, Adam Tooze, Laurent Jeanpierre

Posted on October 25, 2022 by stuartelden

I shared some of the early tributes to Bruno Latour here. There are some longer discussions of his work and legacy in various places. Justin H. Smith, A Locus of Care: Some Memories of the Life and Work of Bruno … Continue reading →

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Georges Dumézil’s The Destiny of the Warrior – a work in progress

Posted on October 24, 2022 by stuartelden

Mitra-Varuna is the best place to go, in English, for Dumézil’s views on the first function of sovereignty, and its twofold nature: the first judicial and worldly, the second divine and supernatural. In French, Les Dieux souverains des Indo-Européens (Gallimard 1977) updates and … Continue reading →

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Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? – updated

Posted on October 24, 2022 by stuartelden

My guide Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? has been updated. It’s just a minor update with an updated link to On the Rural and links to the recent books by Patrick Rumsby, Henri Lefebvre, Boredom and Everyday Life (Lexington) and Christian … Continue reading →

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