Monthly Archives: May 2025

Fernanda Gallo, Hegel and Italian Political Thought: The Practice of Ideas, 1832-1900 – Cambridge University Press, September 2024 and New Books Network discussion

Fernanda Gallo, Hegel and Italian Political Thought: The Practice of Ideas, 1832-1900 – Cambridge University Press, September 2024 I’ve shared news of the book before, but there is now a New Books network discussion with Lily Goren Across Italy in … Continue reading

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The Early Edward Said, Michel Foucault and Jonathan Swift

Given all his other achievements, Edward Said’s role in bringing Foucault’s work to an anglophone audience is perhaps understated today. His 1971 essay “Abecedarium culturae”, in Northwestern’s literary journal TriQuarterly was a significant piece on so-called “structuralism”, and the following year’s “Michel … Continue reading

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Michel Foucault, Archéologie des sciences humaines: Cours São Paulo (1965) – ed. Philippe Sabot, EHESS/Seuil/Gallimard, May 2025

Michel Foucault, Archéologie des sciences humaines: Cours. São Paulo (1965) – ed. Philippe Sabot, EHESS/Gallimard/Seuil, May 2025 No publisher page yet, but starting to appear in online bookstores. Update July 2025: Seuil’s page is here. À l’automne 1965, Michel Foucault … Continue reading

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Reassessing Power: Foucault’s Legacy in Historical and Contemporary Research – Gdansk, 17-19 July 2025

Reassessing Power: Foucault’s Legacy in Historical and Contemporary Research – Gdansk, 17-19 July 2025

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Vanessa Grossman, A Concrete Alliance: Communism and Modern Architecture in Postwar France – Yale University Press, November 2024

Vanessa Grossman, A Concrete Alliance: Communism and Modern Architecture in Postwar France – Yale University Press, November 2024 The compelling story of the significant relationship between communism and modern architecture in postwar France The massive reshaping of French cities that took … Continue reading

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Keith Michael Baker, Jean-Paul Marat: Prophet of Terror – University of Chicago Press, November 2025

Keith Michael Baker, Jean-Paul Marat: Prophet of Terror – University of Chicago Press, November 2025 952 pages! A landmark biography of one of the most notorious and controversial protagonists of the French Revolution—Jean-Paul Marat. Who better to pen an authoritative biography … Continue reading

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The Complete Correspondence of Friedrich Hölderlin, ed. Charlie Louth – SUNY Press, October 2025

The Complete Correspondence of Friedrich Hölderlin, ed. Charlie Louth – SUNY Press, October 2025 The first English translation of Hölderlin’s complete correspondence, with a full introduction and notes. Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843) is widely acknowledged to be one of the most … Continue reading

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Henri Lefebvre, “Socialisme industriel et socialisme paysan/Industrial Socialism and Peasant Socialism”, Actuel Marx, 2023, eds. Claire Revol and Armelle Lefebvre

I missed this when published a couple of years ago – a previously unpublished lecture by Henri Lefebvre, taken from his archives, which have been deposited at IMEC and are being catalogued – see the initial notice. Henri Lefebvre, “Socialisme … Continue reading

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The Gillian Rose Memorial Lecture Conference 2025 – Swedenborg Hall, London, 18-19 June 2025

The Gillian Rose Memorial Lecture Conference 2025 – Swedenborg Hall, London, 18-19 June 2025 ‘Keep your mind in hell, and despair not’ – Rose’s discovery of Silouan the Athonite’s maxim provided the occasion for Love’s Work and guided its weaving … Continue reading

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Nicholas D. Anderson, Inadvertent Expansion: How Peripheral Agents Shape World Politics – Cornell University Press, January 2025 and New Books Network discussion

Nicholas D. Anderson, Inadvertent Expansion: How Peripheral Agents Shape World Politics – Cornell University Press, January 2025 In Inadvertent Expansion, Nicholas D. Anderson investigates a surprisingly common yet overlooked phenomenon in the history of great power politics: territorial expansion that was neither intended … Continue reading

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