Monthly Archives: July 2026

Elena Woodacre, Lucinda H.S. Dean, Simon Lambe, Patrik Pastrnak, Exploring Monarchy in Medieval Europe, 1000–1500 – Routledge, July 2026

Elena Woodacre, Lucinda H.S. Dean, Simon Lambe, Patrik Pastrnak, Exploring Monarchy in Medieval Europe, 1000–1500 – Routledge, July 2026 Through wide-ranging thematic chapters, this book offers students a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of monarchy across Europe in … Continue reading

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Dimitrios Lais, Foucault’s Ethics of Genealogy: Antiquity, (Neo) Governmentality, and Globalisation – Palgrave Macmillan, July 2026

Dimitrios Lais, Foucault’s Ethics of Genealogy: Antiquity, (Neo) Governmentality, and Globalisation – Palgrave Macmillan, July 2026 This book offers a bold reinterpretation of Michel Foucault’s late work, reconstructing him as an ethical philosopher whose account of antiquity provides crucial resources … Continue reading

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Gabriella Soto, Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting – University of Arizona Press, March 2026

Gabriella Soto, Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting – University of Arizona Press, March 2026 I’ve shared news of the book before. There is now a New Books discussion with Jennifer Rose Najera. Thanks to dmf … Continue reading

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Holly Randell-Moon, Environments of Power: Vibrant Terrain and Landscapes of Resistance – Manchester University Press, July 2026

Holly Randell-Moon, Environments of Power: Vibrant Terrain and Landscapes of Resistance – Manchester University Press, July 2026 Environments of power provides unique case studies of environmental inclusion and exclusion across the Americas, Africa, Japan, India, and the South-Pacific. Using more-than-human … Continue reading

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The Georges Dumézil-Mircea Eliade correspondence – a chronological listing with publication details or archive locations

The mythologist Georges Dumézil and the historian of religions Mircea Eliade had a long-term correspondence and several of their letters have been published. They met during the Second World War, and when Eliade’s links to the Iron Guard meant he … Continue reading

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Lucien Sève, Thinking with Marx Today, Volume 2 – trans. James H. Membrez, Haymarket, September 2026

Lucien Sève, Thinking with Marx Today, Volume 2 – trans. James H. Membrez, Haymarket, September 2026 The second volume in Lucien Sève’s Thinking with Marx Today series explores Marx’s revolution in anthropology. Instead of abstract “man,” Marx argued that there is an ensemble of societal … Continue reading

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Ann Blair, In the Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship – Princeton University Press, July/September 2026

Ann Blair, In the Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship – Princeton University Press, July/September 2026 For centuries, many of the world’s most influential thinkers routinely relied on helpers who performed tasks such as taking dictation, correcting, indexing, … Continue reading

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Roopika Risam, Data Empire: How Information Shaped Human History – Torva, July 2026

Roopika Risam, Data Empire: How Information Shaped Human History – Torva, July 2026 We live in an era when trading our information for access can feel harmless or inevitable – yet from targeted advertising to mass surveillance, data shapes the course … Continue reading

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Ali Fard, Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow of Data – University of Minnesota Press, June 2026 and New Books discussion

Ali Fard, Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow of Data – University of Minnesota Press, June 2026 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link A detailed foray into the material and spatial realities … Continue reading

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Pascale Drouet, Shakespeare and the Denial of Territory: Banishment, Abuse of Power and Strategies of Resistance – Manchester University Press, November 2021

Pascale Drouet, Shakespeare and the Denial of Territory: Banishment, Abuse of Power and Strategies of Resistance – Manchester University Press, November 2021 I’m slow to notice this one, but looks interesting. My own Shakespearean Territories discusses related issues. This book … Continue reading

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