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Henry Somers-Hall, Judgement and Sense in Modern French Philosophy – Cambridge University Press, paperback April 2024

Posted on June 3, 2024 by stuartelden

Henry Somers-Hall, Judgement and Sense in Modern French Philosophy – Cambridge University Press, paperback April 2024 This book proposes a radical new reading of the development of twentieth-century French philosophy. Henry Somers-Hall argues that the central unifying aspect of works … Continue reading →

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Quentin Skinner, Liberty as Independence: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Idea – Cambridge University Press, November 2024

Posted on June 2, 2024 by stuartelden

Quentin Skinner, Liberty as Independence: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Idea – Cambridge University Press, November 2024 What does liberty entail? How have concepts of liberty changed over time? And what are the global consequences? This book surveys … Continue reading →

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Foucault et le christianisme | Au Collège des Bernardins (2024)

Posted on June 1, 2024 by stuartelden

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Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 20: writing about Dumézil and Benveniste’s archives

Posted on May 31, 2024 by stuartelden

In the previous update on the research for this project, I said I had begun work on a chapter on Dumézil’s career from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. That has also been the main focus on this last month too, trying … Continue reading →

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British Academy – A manifesto for the Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts

Posted on May 31, 2024 by stuartelden

British Academy – A manifesto for the Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts (short document; free download) The British Academy has today published their manifesto in which we outline three ways the next government can harness the vast potential of the humanities … Continue reading →

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Henri Bergson, Freedom: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1904–1905 – edited by Nils F. Schott and Alexandre Lefebvre, translated by Leonard Lawlor, Bloomsbury, May 2024

Posted on May 31, 2024 by stuartelden

Henri Bergson, Freedom: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1904–1905 – edited by Nils F. Schott and Alexandre Lefebvre, translated by Leonard Lawlor, Bloomsbury, May 2024 now published

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CFP: Foucault and Marx: Ambivalences, Legacies, and Future Struggles – 18-19 October 2024, Vienna

Posted on May 30, 2024 by stuartelden

CFP: Foucault and Marx: Ambivalences, Legacies, and Future Struggles (2024)

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Stuart Hall, Selected Writings on Visual Arts and Culture: Detour to the Imaginary – edited by Gilane Tawadros, Duke University Press, August 2024

Posted on May 29, 2024 by stuartelden

Stuart Hall, Selected Writings on Visual Arts and Culture: Detour to the Imaginary – edited by Gilane Tawadros, Duke University Press, August 2024 Stuart Hall’s work on culture, politics, race, and media is familiar to readers throughout the world. Equally … Continue reading →

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Books received – Mendieta, Geroulanos, Meillet, Dumézil, and Paxton, Carpet & Paulhan

Posted on May 28, 2024 by stuartelden

Two books by friends – Stefanos Geroulanos, The Invention of Prehistory and Eduardo Mendieta, The Philosophical Animal, the reprint edition of Antoine Meillet’s Linguistique historique et linguistique générale, a hard-to-find copy of Georges Dumézil’s Aspects de la fonction guerrière chez … Continue reading →

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Videos from the Foucault: Genealogies for the Future conference, Rice University, April 18-19 2024

Posted on May 28, 2024 by stuartelden

Niki Kasumi Clements, Welcome Address, Foucault: Genealogies, Rice University, April 18, 2024 The other papers are available here – papers by Frédéric Gros, Lynne Huffer, Laurie Laufer, Arianna Sforzini, Judith Revel, Orazio Irrera, Selin Islekel, Zachary Schwarze, Biko Mandela Gray, … Continue reading →

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