Monthly Archives: December 2025

Keith Ansell-Pearson, Nietzsche’s Earthbound Wisdom: The Philosopher, the Poet, and the Sage – University of Chicago Press, May 2025 

Posted on December 8, 2025 by stuartelden

Keith Ansell-Pearson, Nietzsche’s Earthbound Wisdom: The Philosopher, the Poet, and the Sage – University of Chicago Press, May 2025  An incisive exploration of Nietzsche as a bold, visionary poet-philosopher. Today, Nietzsche is justly celebrated for his rich, philosophical naturalism, but … Continue reading →

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John Schad, Walter Benjamin’s Ark: A Departure in Biography – UCL Press, November 2025 (print and open access)

Posted on December 8, 2025 by stuartelden

John Schad, Walter Benjamin’s Ark: A Departure in Biography – UCL Press, November 2025 (print and open access) In July 1940, amidst fear of Nazi invasion, HMT Dunera left England. On board were a few British soldiers guarding over 2000 interned male … Continue reading →

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Huguette Fugier’s study of the vocabulary of the sacred in Latin, and Giorgio Agamben’s other sources for the notion of the homo sacer

Posted on December 7, 2025 by stuartelden

Huguette Fugier’s 1963 book Recherches sur l’expression du sacré dans la langue latine seems little known today, which is unfortunate given its interest and importance. In the opening lines, she describes it is “a study of historical semantics, applied to the Roman … Continue reading →

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Carl Schmitt, State Composition and Collapse of the Second Reich: The Victory of the Bourgeois Citizen over the Soldier – trans Samuel Garrett Zeitlin, Polity, December 2025

Posted on December 6, 2025 by stuartelden

Carl Schmitt, State Composition and Collapse of the Second Reich: The Victory of the Bourgeois Citizen over the Soldier – trans Samuel Garrett Zeitlin, Polity, December 2025 Newly published for the first time in English translation, Carl Schmitt’s 1934 tract, … Continue reading →

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Sean Meighoo, Postcolonial Derrida – Edinburgh University Press, November 2025 (print and open access)

Posted on December 6, 2025 by stuartelden

Sean Meighoo, Postcolonial Derrida – Edinburgh University Press, November 2025

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Authorship Regained: An Interview with Julien Stout about L’auteur retrouvé – Journal of the History of Ideas blog

Posted on December 5, 2025 by stuartelden

Authorship Regained: An Interview with Julien Stout – Journal of the History of Ideas blog Interview by Carolina Iribarren, in relation to Stout’s book L’auteur retrouvé : l’avènement des premiers recueils à collections auctoriales de langue française au Moyen Âge central – Droz, … Continue reading →

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Francesco Biagi, Renewing Urban Critical Theories Rediscovering Thinkers, Reimagining Texts, and Reframing Questions – Routledge, November 2025

Posted on December 5, 2025 by stuartelden

Francesco Biagi, Renewing Urban Critical Theories Rediscovering Thinkers, Reimagining Texts, and Reframing Questions – Routledge, November 2025 This book presents an interdisciplinary and international reevaluation of urban critical theories, bringing together key perspectives from around the world on contemporary urban studies. Engaging … Continue reading →

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Engin Isin, The Birth of Sensory Power: Doing Things with Words, Numbers and Neurons – Edinburgh University Press, November 2025

Posted on December 5, 2025 by stuartelden

Engin Isin, The Birth of Sensory Power: Doing Things with Words, Numbers and Neurons – Edinburgh University Press, November 2025

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Books received – Porshnev, Jameson, Coveney, de Menasce, Foucault, Medby, Chimisso, Blencowe, Braudel, Jakobson

Posted on December 4, 2025 by stuartelden

A few books bought recently, mostly second-hand; Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, Cristina Chimisso, Hélène Metzger, Historian and Historiographer of the Sciences, Ingrid Medley, Arctic State Identity and Claire Blencowe, Spirits of Extraction, in recompense for review work; and Foucault’s … Continue reading →

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Cyanne E. Loyle, Escaping Justice: Impunity for State Crimes in the Age of Accountability – Cambridge, October 2025 (print and open access)

Posted on December 4, 2025 by stuartelden

Cyanne E. Loyle, Escaping Justice: Impunity for State Crimes in the Age of Accountability – Cambridge, October 2025 (print and open access) Now more than ever the international community plays a central role in pressing governments to hold their own to … Continue reading →

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