Author Archives: stuartelden

Maria Antonietta Macciocchi – Althusser, Gramsci, Maoism, Fascism and Pasolini

Posted on May 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Maria Antonietta Macciocchi (1922-2007) was a journalist, politician and academic. She is known for works including Daily Life in Revolutionary China (Italian and French in 1971; English in 1972). Her work on China was heavily criticised, and one example would be a … Continue reading →

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Books received – Simon, Macciocchi, Spinney, Kristeva, Leray, Mallory

Posted on May 9, 2026 by stuartelden

John K. Simon, Modern French Criticism; Maria-Antoinetta Macciocchi, Les femmes et leurs maîtres; Laura Spinney, Proto; Julia Kristeva, Dostoyevsky in the Face of Death; a special issue on Jean Leray; Ryan L. Allen, Adventures in the Archaic and J.P. Mallory, … Continue reading →

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Peter Schöttler, Marc Bloch, une biographie intellectuelle – Gallimard, May 2026

Posted on May 8, 2026 by stuartelden

Peter Schöttler, Marc Bloch, une biographie intellectuelle – Gallimard, May 2026 Spécialiste du Moyen Âge européen, fondateur des Annales d’histoire économique et sociale — une revue devenue le porte-étendard du renouveau de la pratique historienne au XXᵉ siècle —, combattant de la … Continue reading →

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Eyal Weizman, Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide – Fern Press, May 2026

Posted on May 8, 2026 by stuartelden

Eyal Weizman, Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide – Fern Press, May 2026 Eyal Weizman is one of the world’s leading experts on the relationship between violence, conflict and the environment, both built and natural. As director of the organisation Forensic … Continue reading →

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Laurie Parsons, Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse – LSE Press/RGS-IBG series, May 2026 (print and open access)

Posted on May 7, 2026 by stuartelden

Laurie Parsons, Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse – LSE Press/RGS-IBG series, May 2026 (print and open access) Climate action is at an impasse. Its political opponents are stronger than ever, its advocates powerless. Almost every major government … Continue reading →

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Steven Lukes, The Diversity of Morals, Princeton University Press, 2025 and NDPR review

Posted on May 7, 2026 by stuartelden

Steven Lukes, The Diversity of Morals, Princeton University Press, 2025 NDPR review by Jussi Suikkanen When we speak of morals, what are we speaking of? Is morality singular (as many philosophers tend to assume, even if they don’t agree on what it is) … Continue reading →

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David Womersley, Thinking Through Shakespeare – Princeton University Press, March 2026 and New Books discussion

Posted on May 6, 2026 by stuartelden

David Womersley, Thinking Through Shakespeare – Princeton University Press, March 2026 New Books discussion with Morteza Hajizadeh – thanks to dmf for the link In the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson famously argued that Shakespeare is enduringly popular because he “is above all … Continue reading →

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Lucien Gerschel bibliography (and other research resources)

Posted on May 5, 2026 by stuartelden

I’ve written about Lucien Gerschel in two posts in my ‘Sunday Histories‘ series – Lucien Gerschel, Georges Dumézil, William Shakespeare and the history of Coriolanus and The Tragic Death of Lucien Gerschel and his Posthumous Text on the Finnish Sampo. He was a student … 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 May 5, 2026 by stuartelden

Gabriella Soto, Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting – University of Ariona Press, March 2026 Border Afterlives begins with the undocumented individuals who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border—deaths that are both preventable and politically produced. Drawing on over … Continue reading →

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Mattie Fitch, The People, the Workers, and the Citizens: Antifascist Cultures and the Popular Front in France, 1934–1939 – Routledge, December 2025 and New Books discussion with Keith Rathbone

Posted on May 4, 2026 by stuartelden

Mattie Fitch, The People, the Workers, and the Citizens: Antifascist Cultures and the Popular Front in France, 1934–1939 – Routledge, December 2025 Very expensive hardback and e-book only at the moment. In the 1930s, activists with France’s Popular Front mobilized … Continue reading →

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