Monthly Archives: February 2025

Thomas Sebeok, Umberto Eco and the Semiotics of Nuclear Waste

Posted on February 2, 2025 by stuartelden

The oldest texts preserved are inscriptions which date back about 5,000 years, though the dating is disputed, and how they should be read presents its own controversies. Most of the earliest texts are on tablets or in stone; with surviving … Continue reading →

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H.E. Chehabi and David Motadel, Unconquered States: Non-European Powers in the Imperial Age – Oxford University Press, June 2025

Posted on February 1, 2025 by stuartelden

H.E. Chehabi and David Motadel, Unconquered States: Non-European Powers in the Imperial Age – Oxford University Press, June 2025 In the heyday of empire, most of the world was ruled, directly or indirectly, by the European powers. Unconquered States explores the struggles … Continue reading →

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Shelley Lynn Tremain (ed.) The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability, Bloomsbury, December 2023

Posted on February 1, 2025 by stuartelden

Shelley Lynn Tremain (ed.) The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability, Bloomsbury, December 2023 The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability is a revolutionary collection encompassing the most innovative and insurgent work in philosophy of disability. Edited and anthologized by disabled philosopher … Continue reading →

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