Monthly Archives: September 2025

Katja Diefenbach, Spinoza in Post-Marxist Philosophy: Speculative Materialism – trans. Gerrit Jackson, Edinburgh University Press, November 2025

Katja Diefenbach, Spinoza in Post-Marxist Philosophy: Speculative Materialism – trans. Gerrit Jackson, Edinburgh University Press, November 2025 Expensive, and e-book is currently listed for the same price, unfortunately.

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Brett Heino, Literary Geographies and the Work of David Ireland: An Australian Atlas – Springer, 2025

Brett Heino, Literary Geographies and the Work of David Ireland: An Australian Atlas – Springer, 2025 book launch with Adam David Morton, 31 October 2025 – Glee books, Sydney Update November 2025: Brett’s comments from the launch are here; Adam’s comments are … Continue reading

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Graham Holderness, Shakespeare and a Place Calling Itself Rome – Routledge, June 2025

Graham Holderness, Shakespeare and a Place Calling Itself Rome – Routledge, June 2025

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Étienne Wolff and the biology of monsters – writing as a prisoner of war, Collège de France administrator, and the engagement with his work by Georges Canguilhem, Georges Bataille and Michel Foucault

In exploring the histories of professors and their teaching at the Collège de France, I’ve often looked at correspondence between chairs, candidates and the administrator. Administrators are elected from within the professoriate and have quite a lot of power in … Continue reading

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Daniel Wortel-London, The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865–1981 – University of Chicago Press, July 2025 and two interviews

Daniel Wortel-London, The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865–1981 – University of Chicago Press, July 2025 I’ve shared news of the book before, but there are also interviews at Phenomenal World and the University … Continue reading

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Rahul Rao, The Psychic Lives of Statues: Reckoning with the Rubble of Empire – Pluto, March 2025

Rahul Rao, The Psychic Lives of Statues: Reckoning with the Rubble of Empire – Pluto, March 2025 From Cape Town to Bristol and Richmond, statues have become sites of resistance and contestation of our imperial past and postcolonial present. The Psychic Lives of … Continue reading

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Michel Serres, Hermes III – trans. Randolph Burks, University of Minnesota Press, February 2026

Michel Serres, Hermes III – trans. Randolph Burks, University of Minnesota Press, February 2026 Unlocking the hidden patterns of knowledge—where science, art, and philosophy speak a common language Hermes III: Translation is the third volume in Michel Serres’s renowned Hermes series, an ambitious … Continue reading

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Barry Stocker ed. Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction – Routledge, September 2025

Barry Stocker ed. Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction – Routledge, September 2025 Ethics in Deconstruction is vital reading for anyone interested in Derrida and the ethical implications of deconstruction broadly defined. It offers a comprehensive set of essays on the ethics of … Continue reading

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Séverine Kodjo-Grandvaux, African Philosophies, trans. Matthew B. Smith – Polity, June 2025

Séverine Kodjo-Grandvaux, African Philosophies – trans. Matthew B. Smith, Polity, June 2025 For many students of philosophy in the West, philosophy is understood as a discipline stemming from Ancient Greece, embracing the great thinkers of medieval and early modern Europe … Continue reading

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Tim Cresswell, The Citizen and a Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility – University of Minnesota Press, March 2026

Tim Cresswell, The Citizen and a Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility – University of Minnesota Press, March 2026 An expansive treatise on the power relations that govern our movement The Citizen and the Vagabond develops a theoretical approach to the study … Continue reading

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