Books received – mostly bought second-hand, but also Joshua Comaroff, Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore, sent by University of Minnesota Press, and Ernst Kantorowicz, Radiances: Unpublished Essays on Gods, Kingship, and Images of the State, edited by Robert E. Lerner, sent by Cornell University Press. My review of the Kantorowicz collection is forthcoming in The English Historical Review – for two short previous pieces on him, see here and here.
The others relate to the Indo-European thought project, or some planned ‘Sunday History’ posts. Despite its title of The Eliade Guide to World Religions, and his co-author credit, the actual author was Ioan Culianu (or Couliano), on whose murder I write about here.
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Hi Mr. Stuartelden, I’m curious about what you commented upon the books you received or even bought, from various universities. Would you please tell us a bit of its procedure and requirements? May be there are some books from East Asian that you are also interested in.
best, Daiwie Fu
Thanks for the comment. I buy most of the books which are in these posts, but I am sometimes sent copies by authors or publishers. I also usually take books when offered in recompense for review work. In those cases, then I note it in the post. In this case, I was sent the Kantorowicz in order to review it, while the Comaroff book was sent by University of Minnesota Press as a complementary copy.
I also say a bit more about this here – https://progressivegeographies.com/about/faqs/