Author Archives: stuartelden

Tilman Schwarze and Matt Dawson eds. The Anthem Companion to Henri Lefebvre – Anthem, March 2026

Posted on January 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Tilman Schwarze and Matt Dawson eds. The Anthem Companion to Henri Lefebvre – Anthem, March 2026 Reassesses Henri Lefebvre’s enduring relevance to sociology, examining themes from Marxism to urban life and proposing new directions for Lefebvrian research on rhythm, embodiment … Continue reading →

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Le thermomètre de Foucault, 9 Jan 2026, organised by Grégoire Chamayou, Frédéric Keck and Jean-Claude Monod

Posted on January 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Le thermomètre de Foucault, 9 Jan 2026, Journée d’étude organisée par Grégoire Chamayou (CNRS-ENS Paris), Frédéric Keck (CNRS-EHESS Paris) et Jean-Claude Monod (CNRS-ENS Paris). Dans sa généalogie des savoirs biopolitiques, Michel Foucault a beaucoup parlé des milieux mais peu du climat. Pourtant, … Continue reading →

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Emily Doucet, Inventing Nadar: A History of Photographic Firsts – Duke University Press, April 2026

Posted on January 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Emily Doucet, Inventing Nadar: A History of Photographic Firsts – Duke University Press, April 2026 Félix Nadar took the first aerial photograph in 1858, so the story goes. The evidence, Emily Doucet notes, is mixed. In Inventing Nadar, Doucet analyzes the … Continue reading →

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My favourite academic books of 2025

Posted on January 1, 2026 by stuartelden

A list of academic books I liked published in 2025, or late 2024, or in paperback this year. Many of the books I read this year were published years ago; some of the 2025 ones I’ve bought or have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Kojève, Books, Boundaries, Clémence Ramnoux, Ernst Kantorowicz, Erwin Panofsky, Gaston Bachelard, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Georges Bataille, Georges Canguilhem, Georges Dumézil, Gilles Deleuze, Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault, Michel Serres, Pierre Bourdieu, Theory, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Antonio Gramsci, ‘I Hate New Year’s Day’

Posted on January 1, 2026 by stuartelden

I’ve posted this before, but always worth a read – Antonio Gramsci on New Year’s Day, translated by Alberto Toscano for Viewpoint. This text was first pub­lished in Avanti!, Turin edi­tion, from his col­umn “Sotto la Mole,” Jan­u­ary 1, 1916. Every morn­ing, when … Continue reading →

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Eduardo Mendieta (1963-2025)

Posted on December 31, 2025 by stuartelden

My dear friend Eduardo Mendieta died earlier this month. He taught in the philosophy departments of the University of San Francisco, Stony Brook University and Penn State. There is an announcement from Penn State here, and the news is also reported … Continue reading →

Posted in David Harvey, Eduardo Mendieta, Edward Casey, Immanuel Kant, Jürgen Habermas, Judith Butler, Neil Brenner, Nigel Thrift, Peter Gratton, Peter Sloterdijk, Society and Space, Stephen Graham, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

My publications in 2025 – on Koyré, Foucault, Lefebvre and some reviews

Posted on December 31, 2025 by stuartelden

Most of this year was spent working on my very long manuscript Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France, which is coming together but has been hard work to reach this point. I have shared a few updates on the research and … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam David Morton, Alexandre Koyré, Emile Benveniste, Ernst Kantorowicz, Georges Dumézil, Henri Lefebvre, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Michel Foucault, Sunday Histories, Uncategorized, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

One year of ‘Sunday Histories’ on Progressive Geographies – weekly essays in the history of ideas

Posted on December 30, 2025 by stuartelden

Every Sunday through 2025 I’ve posted a short essay to Progressive Geographies. They are tangential to my main research focus, a home for odd pieces which would not find a more formal place in print, but stories or ideas I … Continue reading →

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Two Foucault reissues from Polity – Language, Madness and Desire: On Literature and Speech Begins After Death

Posted on December 29, 2025 by stuartelden

Previously published by University of Minnesota Press, two Foucault books translated by Robert Bononno are being reissued by Polity in January 2026: Language, Madness and Desire: On Literature As a transformative thinker of the twentieth century, whose work spanned all … Continue reading →

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Ed Wall, Architecture for Warfare: How Corporations Profit From Destruction and Reconstruction – Jovis, December 2025

Posted on December 29, 2025 by stuartelden

Ed Wall, Architecture for Warfare: How Corporations Profit From Destruction and Reconstruction – Jovis, December 2025

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