Monthly Archives: September 2025

Glyph: Johns Hopkins Textual Studies – Samuel Weber, Deconstruction and the American Reception of French Theory

Several journals played a significant role in introducing so-called ‘French Theory’ to the United States. They would include Yale French Studies, Diacritics, boundary 2 and Semiotext(e). Yale French Studies claims to be “the oldest English-language journal in the United States devoted to French and Francophone literature and … Continue reading

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The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Complete Works of Alfred North Whitehead, edited by Brian G. Henning and Joseph Petek

The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Complete Works of Alfred North Whitehead, edited by Brian G. Henning and Joseph Petek One volume was published in 2022, but three more are now announced. Alfred North Whitehead was one of the 20th-century’s most … Continue reading

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Stéphane Füzesséry, La Destruction de Berlin: De l’explosion urbaine à Germania, 1860-1945 – La Découverte, August 2025

Stéphane Füzesséry, La Destruction de Berlin: De l’explosion urbaine à Germania, 1860-1945 – La Découverte, August 2025 Thanks to John Raimo for the link. La croissance explosive de Berlin entre 1860 et 1910 a-t-elle favorisé la réception du nazisme ? … Continue reading

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Books received – Febvre, Hiltebeitel, Comaroff, Kantorowicz, Glyph 7, Gadoffre, Eliade & Couliano, Harvey

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The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore, sent by University of Minnesota Press, and Ernst Kantorowicz, Radiances: Unpublished Essays on Gods, Kingship, and Images of the State, edited by Robert E. Lerner, … Continue reading

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Bart Buseyne, Georgios Tsagdis and Paul Willemarck eds., Bernard Stiegler: Memories of the Future – Bloomsbury, August 2025

Bart Buseyne, Georgios Tsagdis and Paul Willemarck eds., Bernard Stiegler: Memories of the Future – Bloomsbury, August 2025 Honouring the memory of the late Bernard Stiegler, this edited collection presents a broad spectrum of contributions that provide a complex and … Continue reading

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Sheila Hones, Interspatiality: Inhabiting Literary Geography – University of Wales Press, January 2025

Sheila Hones, Interspatiality: Inhabiting Literary Geography – University of Wales Press, January 2025 A consideration of literary geography as a specialist academic field. Interspatiality is a book about the language, theory, and practice of a literary geography which takes as its … Continue reading

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David A. Westbrook, Social Thought from the Ruins: Quixote’s Dinner Party – Routledge, August 2025, print and open access

David A. Westbrook, Social Thought from the Ruins: Quixote’s Dinner Party – Routledge, August 2025, print and open access Through stories, conversations, and essays, this book pursues interwoven critical and philosophical inquiries into the nature of the contemporary in the … Continue reading

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Kären Wigen ed., Territorial Imaginaries: Beyond the Sovereign Map – University of Chicago Press, April 2025

Kären Wigen ed., Territorial Imaginaries: Beyond the Sovereign Map – University of Chicago Press, April 2025 Fresh offerings on world mapping beyond Western conventions. This strikingly colorful volume contends that modern mapping has never been sufficient to illustrate the complex reality … Continue reading

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Maddalena Cerrato, Michel Foucault’s Practical Philosophy: A Critique of Subjectivation Processes – SUNY Press, May 2025 (paperback November) and New Books Network discussion

Maddalena Cerrato, Michel Foucault’s Practical Philosophy: A Critique of Subjectivation Processes – SUNY Press, May 2025 (paperback November) New Books Network discussion with Morteza Hajizadeh – thanks to dmf for the link Offers a holistic approach to Michel Foucault’s thought, … Continue reading

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Daniel Bessner & Michael Brenes eds. Cold War Liberalism: Power in a Time of Emergency – Cambridge University Press, January 2026

Daniel Bessner & Michael Brenes eds. Cold War Liberalism: Power in a Time of Emergency – Cambridge University Press, January 2026 In the mid-twentieth century, Cold War liberalism exerted a profound influence on the US state, US foreign policy, and … Continue reading

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