Monthly Archives: July 2026

Carlo Ginzburg and Adriano Prosperi, Puzzles: A Seminar on the ‘Benefit of Christ’ – trans. Thomas Haskell Simpson, Seagull, March 2026

Posted on July 25, 2026 by stuartelden

Carlo Ginzburg and Adriano Prosperi, Puzzles: A Seminar on the ‘Benefit of Christ’ – trans. Thomas Haskell Simpson, Seagull, March 2026 I’ve previously shared some of the many tributes to Ginzburg, who died in June. I hadn’t seen that this … Continue reading →

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Elvan Cobb, Infrastructured Landscapes: Spatial Histories of Early Ottoman Railways – Brill, July 2026

Posted on July 25, 2026 by stuartelden

Elvan Cobb, Infrastructured Landscapes: Spatial Histories of Early Ottoman Railways – Brill, July 2026 In Infrastructured Landscapes, Elvan Cobb reveals how the arrival of railways originating from the eastern Mediterranean port city of Izmir reshaped the very fabric of space and … Continue reading →

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Cary Wolfe, Jagged Ontologies – University of Minnesota Press, July 2026

Posted on July 24, 2026 by stuartelden

Cary Wolfe, Jagged Ontologies – University of Minnesota Press, July 2026 Rethinking life, justice, and the biosphere through the sharp edges of jagged ontology In this groundbreaking book, Cary Wolfe dismantles some of the most entrenched assumptions in contemporary interdisciplinary … Continue reading →

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David Armitage, Teresa M. Bejan, and Felix Waldmann eds. The Political Thought of John Locke: New Perspectives – Oxford University Press, July 2026

Posted on July 23, 2026 by stuartelden

David Armitage, Teresa M. Bejan, and Felix Waldmann eds. The Political Thought of John Locke: New Perspectives – Oxford University Press, July 2026 The Political Thought of John Locke: New Perspectives offers the most comprehensive collective overview of Locke’s political thought … Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 22, 2026 by stuartelden

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

Posted on July 21, 2026 by stuartelden

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

Posted on July 20, 2026 by stuartelden

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

Posted on July 20, 2026 by stuartelden

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

Posted on July 19, 2026 by stuartelden

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

Posted on July 18, 2026 by stuartelden

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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