Monthly Archives: May 2026

Georges Bataille, Roger Caillois and the Question of Fascism

Posted on May 31, 2026 by stuartelden

Most of Georges Bataille’s earliest writings were literary, and between 1929 and the early 1930s he was the editor of Documents, an art and literary journal (scans are available on Gallica). Most of his articles there were included in the first … Continue reading →

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Yannis Flytzanis ed. Henri Lefebvre – Space, Philosophy and the Political – Bloomsbury, July 2026

Posted on May 30, 2026 by stuartelden

Yannis Flytzanis ed. Henri Lefebvre – Space, Philosophy and the Political – Bloomsbury, July 2026 A fresh interdisciplinary examination of the thought of Henri Lefebvre which sheds light on the politics of utopia and commoning through the examination of the wide-ranging … Continue reading →

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Timothy Mason Roberts, After Barbary: Algeria’s Role in the French and American Empires – Cornell University Press, December 2025 and New Books discussion

Posted on May 30, 2026 by stuartelden

Timothy Mason Roberts, After Barbary: Algeria’s Role in the French and American Empires – Cornell University Press, 2025 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link After Barbary explores the connection between the United States and … Continue reading →

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Henry Snow, Control Science: How Management Made the Modern World – Verso, May 2026

Posted on May 29, 2026 by stuartelden

Henry Snow, Control Science: How Management Made the Modern World – Verso, May 2026 Excerpt about the Bentham brothers and the Panopticon at History News Network – thanks to dmf for the link What are the rules that govern our … Continue reading →

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Goldie Osuri, Settler/Colonialism in Kashmir: Sovereignty, Catastrophe, Indigeneity – Manchester University Press, April 2026

Posted on May 29, 2026 by stuartelden

Goldie Osuri, Settler/Colonialism in Kashmir: Sovereignty, Catastrophe, Indigeneity – Manchester University Press, April 2026 This book examines Indian rule in occupied Jammu and Kashmir through the lens of settler-colonial geopolitics. Engaging with settler-colonial, decolonial and Indigenous studies, the book traces … Continue reading →

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M.X. Mitchell, Unsettling Sovereignty: International Law, Nuclear Weapons, and US Extraterritorial Power in Postwar Oceania – University of Chicago Press, October 2026

Posted on May 28, 2026 by stuartelden

M.X. Mitchell, Unsettling Sovereignty: International Law, Nuclear Weapons, and US Extraterritorial Power in Postwar Oceania – University of Chicago Press, October 2026 Marshall Islanders and their ancestral lands and waters played important roles in reshaping the United States’ offshore power, … Continue reading →

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I Cannot Submit to Injustices: Collected Works of Martin Sostre – ed. Garrett Felber, AK Press, May 2026

Posted on May 27, 2026 by stuartelden

I Cannot Submit to Injustices: Collected Works of Martin Sostre – ed. Garrett Felber, AK Press, May 2026 Critical works by legendary Black radical and political prisoner Martin Sostre I Cannot Submit to Injustices is a collection of works by Black … Continue reading →

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Mario Meliadò ed. Thinking in the Margins: Marginalia in Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy – De Gruyter Brill, 2026 (print and open access)

Posted on May 27, 2026 by stuartelden

Mario Meliadò ed. Thinking in the Margins: Marginalia in Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy – De Gruyter Brill, 2026 (print and open access) The chapters in this book reflect on the special status of marginalia as an object of historical-philosophical interpretation … Continue reading →

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Adam Moore, The Difference Place Makes: Peacebuilding and Bosnia’s Arizona Market – Stanford University Press, May 2026

Posted on May 26, 2026 by stuartelden

Adam Moore, The Difference Place Makes: Peacebuilding and Bosnia’s Arizona Market – Stanford University Press, May 2026 How do places shape peacebuilding interventions? Put simply, they are eventful. Geographers have long argued that places are constituted by relations with the … Continue reading →

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Paul Griffin and Cheryl McGeachan, Historical Geography: The Basics – Routledge, December 2025

Posted on May 25, 2026 by stuartelden

Paul Griffin and Cheryl McGeachan, Historical Geography: The Basics – Routledge, December 2025 Historical Geographies: The Basics provides readers with a thorough grounding in a sub-discipline that revisits the past through a geographical lens. It encourages the reader to pursue researching the … Continue reading →

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