Monthly Archives: June 2026

Nicholas Brown, Maria Elisa Cevasco, Fabio Akcelrud Durão, and Robert T. Tally eds. The Future of Totality: Fredric Jameson and the Prospects of Critical Theory, Duke University Press, July 2026

Nicholas Brown, Maria Elisa Cevasco, Fabio Akcelrud Durão, and Robert T. Tally eds. The Future of Totality: Fredric Jameson and the Prospects of Critical Theory, Duke University Press, July 2026 Introduction available open access Following his death in 2024, Fredric Jameson’s … Continue reading

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Max Haiven, The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Fascism – MIT Press, September 2026 (print and open access)

Max Haiven, The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Fascism – MIT Press, September 2026 A provocative examination of the ways our economy has been rigged by financialization, and the importance of games to our dangerous political … Continue reading

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Did Émile Benveniste try to escape to the USA from Lyon in the Second World War?

As part of my research on Georges Dumézil and Émile Benveniste, I’ve been tracing their quite different experiences in the Second World War. Both lost their teaching positions under Vichy, although for very different reasons – Dumézil because he had once … Continue reading

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Scott B. Ritner, Revolutionary Pessimism: Simone Weil’s Antifascist Politics – Stanford University Press, November 2026

Scott B. Ritner, Revolutionary Pessimism: Simone Weil’s Antifascist Politics – Stanford University Press, November 2026 Scott B. Ritner argues that the antifascist philosopher and mystic Simone Weil’s critical writings about the social crises of the mid-twentieth century, especially fascism, are … Continue reading

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Chad Wellmon, After the University: Higher Education and the Future of Intellectual Work – Johns Hopkins University Press, June 2026

Chad Wellmon, After the University: Higher Education and the Future of Intellectual Work – Johns Hopkins University Press, June 2026 When the pursuit of knowledge is eclipsed by money and power, what remains of higher learning? What is a university … Continue reading

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Didier Fassin, Ainsi pensait Michel Foucault: Enquête sur une philosophie pour notre temps – La Découverte, September 2026

Didier Fassin, Ainsi pensait Michel Foucault: Enquête sur une philosophie pour notre temps – La Découverte, September 2026 Après Leçons de ténèbres, le nouveau cours de Didier Fassin au Collège de France. À l’occasion du centenaire de la naissance de Michel … Continue reading

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Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Kristin Anabel Eggeling, The Brussels Bubble: Inside the European Union in the Digital Age – Cambridge University Press, June 2026 (print and open access)

Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Kristin Anabel Eggeling, The Brussels Bubble: Inside the European Union in the Digital Age – Cambridge University Press, June 2026

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Salvador Santino Regilme ed., Statelessness and Citizenship Revocation in Europe: Rethinking Politics, Law, Security, and Human Rights – De Gruyter Brlll, July 2026

Salvador Santino Regilme ed., Statelessness and Citizenship Revocation in Europe: Rethinking Politics, Law, Security, and Human Rights – De Gruyter Brlll, July 2026

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Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory – Princeton University Press, June/August 2026

Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory – Princeton University Press, June/August 2026 Will be interesting to read this alongside Nicolas Guilhot, Conspiracy: The History of a Political Obsession – Harvard University Press, October 2026. Truthers, birthers, flat-Earthers, the deep state, … Continue reading

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Jacques Derrida, La Chose Séminaire (1975-1977) Suivi de la 6e séance de Donner le temps II – ed. Philippe Lynes, Seuil, May 2026

Jacques Derrida, La Chose Séminaire (1975-1977) Suivi de la 6e séance de Donner le temps II – ed. Philippe Lynes, Seuil, May 2026 Entre 1975 et 1977, Jacques Derrida s’engage dans un séminaire énigmatique, voire obscur au premier abord, intitulé La Chose. Ce … Continue reading

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