Monthly Archives: November 2025

Michel Foucault’s 24 May 1979 paper on hermaphrodites to the Arcadie conference

Posted on November 26, 2025 by stuartelden

An earlier piece discussed the recently published Les Hermaphrodites, a manuscript by Foucault from the mid-late 1970s, at one point destined for a volume of the History of Sexuality. I also outlined the different plans Foucault discussed for the structure of the History of Sexuality series – … Continue reading →

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Charlotte Beradt, The Third Reich of Dreams: The Nightmares of a Nation – trans. Damion Searls, Princeton University Press, April 2025

Posted on November 26, 2025 by stuartelden

Charlotte Beradt, The Third Reich of Dreams: The Nightmares of a Nation – trans. Damion Searls, Princeton University Press, April 2025 Charlotte Beradt began having unsettling dreams after Adolf Hitler took power in 1933. She envisioned herself being shot at, … Continue reading →

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The Essential Einstein: Scientific Writings, and The Essential Einstein: Public Writings – eds. Diana Kormos Buchwald and Tilman Sauer, Princeton University Press, Sept/Nov 2025

Posted on November 25, 2025 by stuartelden

The Essential Einstein: Scientific Writings, and The Essential Einstein: Public Writings – eds. Diana Kormos Buchwald and Tilman Sauer, Princeton University Press, Sept/Nov 2025 The Essential Einstein: Scientific Writings presents Einstein’s most important physics papers, spanning his groundbreaking contributions to statistical mechanics, … Continue reading →

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Edward Hall, Power and Powerlessness: The Liberalism of Fear in the Twenty-First Century – Oxford University Press, July 2025

Posted on November 25, 2025 by stuartelden

Edward Hall, Power and Powerlessness: The Liberalism of Fear in the Twenty-First Century – Oxford University Press, July 2025 Power and Powerlessness: The Liberalism of Fear in the Twenty-First Century examines whether the liberalism of fear – the negative and cautionary … Continue reading →

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Marcel Mauss, Sociologie générale – ed. Francesco Callegaro and Johan Giry, PUF, November 2025

Posted on November 24, 2025 by stuartelden

Marcel Mauss, Sociologie générale – ed. Francesco Callegaro and Johan Giry, PUF, November 2025 En 1930, lors de sa candidature au Collège de France, Marcel Mauss a souligné combien son oeuvre ne pouvait être dissociée du projet d’Émile Durkheim et … Continue reading →

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Michael J. Ardoline, Deleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics: Difference and Necessity – Edinburgh University Press, September 2024, paperback March 2026

Posted on November 24, 2025 by stuartelden

Michael J. Ardoline, Deleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics: Difference and Necessity – Edinburgh University Press, September 2024, paperback March 2026

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Donald Sassoon, Revolutions: A New History – Verso, November 2025

Posted on November 24, 2025 by stuartelden

Donald Sassoon, Revolutions: A New History – Verso, November 2025 Revolutions is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history. We think of revolutions in terms of fleeting events, such as the Fall of the Bastille or the … Continue reading →

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Gordon and Tina Wasson, Slavic Studies in the Cold War, and the Hallucinogenic Mushroom

Posted on November 23, 2025 by stuartelden

R. Gordon Wasson was Vice President at the American investment bank J.P. Morgan & Co., a major supporter of Slavic Studies in the United States during the Cold War, and fascinated by hallucinogenic mushrooms.  His wife, Valentina Pavlovna Wasson was … Continue reading →

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François Cusset and Thomas Daquin, French Theory, itinéraires d’une pensée rebelle – La Découverte/Delcourt 2025

Posted on November 22, 2025 by stuartelden

François Cusset, Thomas Daquin, French Theory, itinéraires d’une pensée rebelle – La Découverte/Delcourt 2025 Thanks to Foucault News for the link. On connaissait la French Pop , mais connaissez-vous la French Theory ? Comment Deleuze, Foucault, Derrida… sont devenus des stars aux … Continue reading →

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Lise Vogel, The Contested Domain: Selected Writings on Marxism and Feminism, ed. Kirstin Munro, Pluto, November 2025

Posted on November 22, 2025 by stuartelden

Lise Vogel, The Contested Domain: Selected Writings on Marxism and Feminism, ed. Kirstin Munro, Pluto, November 2025 ‘A compelling critique of bourgeois society and women’s oppression – a critique that not only advances theory, but also engages deeply with the … Continue reading →

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