Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Martin, Specter, Trubetzkoy, Hoffman, Strauss (and Kojève), Lincoln

Posted on March 25, 2024 by stuartelden

A collection of essays on Emile Benveniste; Matthew Specter, Habermas: An Intellectual Biography; Nicolai Trubetzkoy, The Legacy of Genghis Khan and Other Essays on Russia’s Identity; Marcelo Hoffman’s Foucault in Brazil: Dictatorship, Resistance, and Solidarity; Leo Strauss, On Tyranny, which … Continue reading →

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Valentina Antoniol, Foucault critico di Schmitt. Genealogie e guerra – Rubbetino, March 2024

Posted on March 24, 2024 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned the French version before – Valentina Antoniol, Foucault et la guerre: À partir de Schmitt, contre Schmitt, Éditions Mimesis, November 2023 – but the Italian is now published, and I understand it is longer than the French: Valentina Antoniol, Foucault critico di Schmitt. Genealogie … Continue reading →

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Marcelo Hoffman, Foucault in Brazil: Dictatorship, Resistance, and Solidarity – University of Pittsburgh Press, February 2024

Posted on March 23, 2024 by stuartelden

Marcelo Hoffman, Foucault in Brazil: Dictatorship, Resistance, and Solidarity – University of Pittsburgh Press, February 2024 Now published Philosopher Michel Foucault’s cultural criticism crosses disciplines and is well known as an influence on modern conceptions of knowledge and power. Less … Continue reading →

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Oz Hassan, Why the European Union Failed in Afghanistan: Transatlantic Relations and the Return of the Taliban – Bristol University Press, September 2024

Posted on March 22, 2024 by stuartelden

Oz Hassan, Why the European Union Failed in Afghanistan: Transatlantic Relations and the Return of the Taliban – Bristol University Press, September 2024 In August 2021, the US-led coalition withdrew from Afghanistan. The Taliban quickly returned to power leaving many … Continue reading →

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Gideon Baker, Questioning: A New History of Western Philosophy – Edinburgh University Press, paperback February 2024

Posted on March 21, 2024 by stuartelden

Gideon Baker, Questioning: A New History of Western Philosophy – Edinburgh University Press, paperback February 2024

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Mark Maguire and Setha Low, Trapped: Life under Security Capitalism and How to Escape It – Stanford University Press, March 2024

Posted on March 20, 2024 by stuartelden

Mark Maguire and Setha Low, Trapped: Life under Security Capitalism and How to Escape It – Stanford University Press, March 2024 Exploring the pernicious influence of security capitalism on neighborhoods, airports, cities, and states. Calls to defund the police or … Continue reading →

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Paul Allen Miller (ed.), Truth in the Late Foucault: Antiquity, Sexuality, and Psychoanalysis – Bloomsbury, May 2024

Posted on March 19, 2024 by stuartelden

Paul Allen Miller (ed.), Truth in the Late Foucault: Antiquity, Sexuality, and Psychoanalysis – Bloomsbury, May 2024 The first full treatment of truth as a core philosophical concept in the late Foucault, this volume examines his work on the ancient … Continue reading →

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Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 18: further work on Benveniste and more archives in Paris

Posted on March 18, 2024 by stuartelden

In the last update on this project, I talked about the Paris archival work I’d done in early February. There were a few loose ends of references when I got back from Paris, most of which I was able to resolve … Continue reading →

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Sharad Chari, Apartheid Remains – Duke University Press, 2024 (open access introduction)

Posted on March 17, 2024 by stuartelden

Sharad Chari, Apartheid Remains – Duke University Press, May 2024 In Apartheid Remains, Sharad Chari explores how people handle the remains of segregation and apartheid in South Africa as witnessed through portals in an industrial-residential landscape in the Indian Ocean city … Continue reading →

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Philipp Felsch, How Nietzsche Came in from the Cold – Polity, trans. Daniel Bowles, March 2024

Posted on March 16, 2024 by stuartelden

Philipp Felsch, How Nietzsche Came in from the Cold: Tale of a Redemption – trans. Daniel Bowles, Polity, March 2024 I’ve mentioned the German Wie Nietzsche aus der Kälte kam before, along with the interview with Felsch at the Journal of the … Continue reading →

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