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

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stuartelden

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

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stuartelden

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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The Selected Writings of Marc Bloch: Essays from the Annales School, 1914-1944 – ed. and trans. Iona Singh, Bloomsbury, August 2026

Posted on June 23, 2026 by stuartelden

The Selected Writings of Marc Bloch: Essays from the Annales School, 1914-1944 – ed. and trans. Iona Singh, Bloomsbury, August 2026 This book brings a selection of the influential writings of Marc Bloch into the English language, largely for the … Continue reading →

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Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa – new edition, foreword by Angela Davis, Verso, September 2026

Posted on June 22, 2026 by stuartelden

Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa – new edition, foreword by Angela Davis, Verso, September 2026 An exemplary work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is an ambitious masterwork of political economy, … Continue reading →

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Anne O. Law, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants – Oxford University Press, March 2026 and New Books discussion

Posted on June 22, 2026 by stuartelden

Anne O. Law, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants – Oxford University Press, March 2026 I’ve shared news of the book before, now with a New Books network discussion with Lilly Goren Since the … Continue reading →

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Initial Thoughts on Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm’s The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History

Posted on June 21, 2026 by stuartelden

There was a lot I learned, and much I liked, about Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm’s recently published The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History (University of Chicago Press, 2026). There was also a great deal which has … Continue reading →

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Isabel Karremann ed. Shakespeare / Space: Contemporary Readings in Spatiality, Culture and Drama – Bloomsbury, 2024, paperback December 2026

Posted on June 20, 2026 by stuartelden

Isabel Karremann ed. Shakespeare / Space: Contemporary Readings in Spatiality, Culture and Drama – Bloomsbury, 2024, paperback December 2026 Shakespeare / Space explores new approaches to the enactment of ‘space’ in and through Shakespeare’s plays, as well as to the material, cognitive and … Continue reading →

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Giacomo Clemente, Knowledge, Ideology, Reproduction: The Scholastic Apparatus in Louis Althusser and the Althusserian School – trans. Fabio Gironi, Haymarket Books, May 2026

Posted on June 19, 2026 by stuartelden

Giacomo Clemente, Knowledge, Ideology, Reproduction: The Scholastic Apparatus in Louis Althusser and the Althusserian School – trans. Fabio Gironi, Haymarket Books, May 2026 The first book-length examination of the theses developed by Louis Althusser and his collaborators on the processes of class-based … Continue reading →

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Derek Hook and Sinan Richards eds. Fanon and Lacan: Decolonial Psychoanalysis – Routledge, October 2026

Posted on June 18, 2026 by stuartelden

Derek Hook and Sinan Richards eds. Fanon and Lacan: Decolonial Psychoanalysis – Routledge, October 2026 Fanon and Lacan: Decolonial Psychoanalysis explores the influence of psychoanalysis on Frantz Fanon’s thought and delves into Fanon’s innovative use of psychoanalysis as a way of … Continue reading →

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Marcel Mariën, Theory of Immediate World Revolution: A Handbook for the Avant-Garde – ed. Anna O’Meara, trans. Nadège Lejeune, Anna O’Meara and Ian Thompson, Verso, September 2026

Posted on June 17, 2026 by stuartelden

Marcel Mariën, Theory of Immediate World Revolution: A Handbook for the Avant-Garde – ed. Anna O’Meara, trans. Nadège Lejeune, Anna O’Meara and Ian Thompson, Verso, September 2026 The Afterword to the German edition from 1989 is on the Verso site. A blueprint for … Continue reading →

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