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Felix Bohr, Before the Downfall: Hitler’s Years in the Wolf’s Lair – Polity, November 2026

Posted on November 11, 2026 by stuartelden

Felix Bohr, Before the Downfall: Hitler’s Years in the Wolf’s Lair – Polity, November 2026 The Wolf’s Lair: hidden deep in the forest of what is now north-eastern Poland, this complex of concrete bunkers and barracks, once covered in moss … Continue reading →

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Andy Merrifield, “Henri Lefebvre and Adventures with ‘Philosophies’ Review”

Posted on November 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Andy Merrifield has an interesting new piece up – “Henri Lefebvre and Adventures with ‘Philosophies’ Review“. It’s about the short-lived journal Lefebvre helped to edit in the 1920s, before he became a Marxist. The issues of the journal are open … Continue reading →

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Meghan Robison, Hobbes’s Body Politics: From Life to Accountability in Leviathan – Edinburgh University Press, October 2026

Posted on November 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Meghan Robison, Hobbes’s Body Politics: From Life to Accountability in Leviathan – Edinburgh University Press, October 2026

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Deleuze and Guattari Studies special issue on Space, Control, Resistance

Posted on November 9, 2026 by stuartelden

Deleuze and Guattari Studies special issue on Space, Control, Resistance – one essay open access, the others require subscription

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Foucault and Iran – a bibliography of previous publications and translations of the texts in ‘Iran, quand la terre tremble: reportage 1978-1979’

Posted on November 8, 2026 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault’s journalism and interviews about the Iranian revolution are well known. The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera commissioned him to write reports on what was happening during the revolution, based on two visits to the country in September and November 1978. He … Continue reading →

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Amanda Batarseh, Rooted Movements: The Radical Poetics of Palestinian Space – Syracuse University Press, October 2026

Posted on November 7, 2026 by stuartelden

Amanda Batarseh, Rooted Movements: The Radical Poetics of Palestinian Space – Syracuse University Press, October 2026 New Books discussion with Tugrui Mende Present in the heart of modern Palestinian literature is a pervasive sense of rootedness, sustained and nurtured by … Continue reading →

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Deven Parker, Romantic Media and Wartime Networks – Stanford University Press, 2026 and New Books discussion

Posted on November 6, 2026 by stuartelden

Deven Parker, Romantic Media and Wartime Networks – Stanford University Press, 2026 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link This book tells the story of how Britain revolutionized its state communication networks on an … Continue reading →

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Jacqueline Rose, Two Women – Fitzcarraldo, November 2026

Posted on November 5, 2026 by stuartelden

Jacqueline Rose, Two Women – Fitzcarraldo, November 2026 In Two Women, Jacqueline Rose fictionalizes and intertwines the lives of two remarkable figures whose stories trace the contours of the twentieth century: Edith Stein, the German-Jewish philosopher, Catholic convert and saint; … Continue reading →

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Victor Konrad, Border Heritage: Memory, Preservation, Geopolitics – Routledge, August 2026

Posted on November 5, 2026 by stuartelden

Victor Konrad, Border Heritage: Memory, Preservation, Geopolitics – Routledge, August 2026 This book uncovers the rich heritage of borderlands. At the border, people exist in-between, whether they live their lives at the near boundaries, or whether they are just passing … Continue reading →

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André Leroi-Gourhan on Technology: A Selection of Writings from the 1930s to the 1960s – Hau Books, February 2025 (open access); book by Nathan Schlanger on Leroi-Gourhan and interviews at JHI blog

Posted on November 4, 2026 by stuartelden

André Leroi-Gourhan on Technology: A Selection of Writings from the 1930s to the 1960s, ed. Nathan Schlanger, trans. Nils F. Schott – Hau Books, February 2025 – open access here A selection of Leroi-Gourhan’s most important texts—many translated into English for the … Continue reading →

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