Monthly Archives: November 2025

Lee Manion, The Recognition of Sovereignty: Politics of Empire in Early Anglo-Scottish Literature – Cambridge University Press, October 2025

Posted on November 5, 2025 by stuartelden

Lee Manion, The Recognition of Sovereignty: Politics of Empire in Early Anglo-Scottish Literature – Cambridge University Press, October 2025

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Ghassan Hage, Pierre Bourdieu′s Political Economy of Being – Duke University Press, October 2025

Posted on November 4, 2025 by stuartelden

Ghassan Hage, Pierre Bourdieu′s Political Economy of Being – Duke University Press, October 2025 The Introduction is open access at this link In Pierre Bourdieu’s Political Economy of Being, Ghassan Hage explores the great French social theorist’s work and revitalizes conventional … Continue reading →

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Melinda Cooper, Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance – Zone Books, May 2024, paperback 2026

Posted on November 4, 2025 by stuartelden

Melinda Cooper, Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance – Zone Books, May 2024, paperback scheduled for early 2026 (link updated) At the close of the 1970s, government treasuries and central banks took a vow of perpetual self-restraint. To this … Continue reading →

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Jacques Derrida, Given Time II, eds. Laura Odello, Peter Szendy and Rodrigo Therezo, trans. Geoffrey Bennington and Peggy Kamuf – University of Chicago Press, March 2026

Posted on November 3, 2025 by stuartelden

Jacques Derrida, Given Time II, eds. Laura Odello, Peter Szendy and Rodrigo Therezo, trans. Geoffrey Bennington and Peggy Kamuf – University of Chicago Press, March 2026 The long-awaited conclusion to Derrida’s seminar on the gift and time. In 1991, Jacques … Continue reading →

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Debby Banham, Claire Burridge, Lea Olsan eds. Early Medieval Medicine in Context: Transmission, Translation and Transformation – Boydell & Brewer, November 2025

Posted on November 3, 2025 by stuartelden

Debby Banham, Claire Burridge, Lea Olsan eds. Early Medieval Medicine in Context: Transmission, Translation and Transformation – Boydell & Brewer, November 2025 Fresh perspectives on how medical texts, broadly construed, were recorded, perceived and utilised. The past few decades have … Continue reading →

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Jean Hyppolite, Charles Péguy: Quatre conférences, ed. Giuseppe Bianco – Classiques Garnier, January 2024

Posted on November 3, 2025 by stuartelden

Jean Hyppolite, Charles Péguy: Quatre conférences, ed. Giuseppe Bianco – Classiques Garnier, January 2024 En 1954, Jean Hyppolite, professeur d’histoire de la philosophie à la Sorbonne, donne ces quatre conférences au Centre européen universitaire de Nancy. Il s’agit du seul … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Hermaphrodites – from Herculine Barbin to a planned volume of the History of Sexuality and the recently published manuscript

Posted on November 2, 2025 by stuartelden

In May 1978, Foucault edited the memoir of a “hermaphrodite”, Herculine Barbin, for publication. In the dossier of documents appended to that text he says that “the question of strange destinies like these and which posed such problems for medicine … Continue reading →

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The Early Edward Said, Michel Foucault and Jonathan Swift – reposted for the 90th anniversary of Said’s birth

Posted on November 1, 2025 by stuartelden

Edward Said was born 90 years ago today – one day after David Harvey. Here’s a piece on Said I wrote earlier this year about his early career – The Early Edward Said, Michel Foucault and Jonathan Swift Given all his … Continue reading →

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Daniel James and Franz Knappik, Hegel and Colonialism – Cambridge University Press, October 2025 (print and open access)

Posted on November 1, 2025 by stuartelden

Daniel James and Franz Knappik, Hegel and Colonialism – Cambridge University Press, October 2025 -print and open access This Element offers the first comprehensive study of Hegel’s views on European colonialism. In surprisingly detailed discussions scattered throughout much of his … Continue reading →

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Sophia Rosenfeld, The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life – Princeton University Press, February 2025 and interview with Disha Karnad Jani

Posted on November 1, 2025 by stuartelden

Sophia Rosenfeld, The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life – Princeton University Press, February 2025 I’ve shared news of the book before. Now Disha Karnad Jani interviews Sophia Rosenfeld on the In Theory podcast on the … Continue reading →

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