Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Eliade, Gavotte, Jorland, Lévi-Strauss, Barthes

Posted on April 30, 2023 by stuartelden

Mostly bought in Paris – second-hand books for the new project: Mircea Eliade, Oceanographie; Pierre Gavotte, La Marquise et moi (which has a preface by Dumézil, and contains many letters to his daughter); Gerard Jorland’s study of Alexandre Koyré; Lévi-Strauss’s … Continue reading →

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Amy Cortvriend, Lucy Easthope, Jenny Edkins and Kandida Purnell (eds.), When this is Over: Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic – Policy Press, March 2023

Posted on April 30, 2023 by stuartelden

Amy Cortvriend, Lucy Easthope, Jenny Edkins and Kandida Purnell (eds.), When this is Over: Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic – Policy Press, March 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound and persistent impact – a tragic loss of life, changes to established patterns … Continue reading →

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Indo-European thought in twentieth-century France update 11: Dumézil and Charachidzé’s work on Ubykh; Lévi-Strauss and his archive; Eliade’s correspondence; Koyré’s networks; and continuing work with Dumézil’s archive

Posted on April 28, 2023 by stuartelden

My attempt with this project to keep to a broadly chronological order of working through of Georges Dumézil’s major publications (see last update) took a bit of a detour, as his 1931 book La Langue des Oubykhs led me to follow the thread … Continue reading →

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Charisse Burden-Stelly, Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States – University of Chicago Press, November 2023

Posted on April 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Charisse Burden-Stelly, Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States – University of Chicago Press, November 2023 A radical explication of the ways anti-Black racial oppression has infused the US government’s anti-communist repression. In the early twentieth century, two … Continue reading →

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Alexandre Koyré and a network of ideas – some additional reading suggestions

Posted on April 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Thank you to everyone who engaged with yesterday’s post Alexandre Koyré and a network of ideas. A few comments here and on Mastodon, but mostly on Twitter. Despite all its problems, I’ve yet to find anything which can replicate the engagement … Continue reading →

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Alexandre Koyré and a network of ideas

Posted on April 26, 2023 by stuartelden

In several previous projects – on Foucault, Heidegger, Canguilhem, territory – I’ve briefly mentioned the work of Alexandre Koyré. He’s coming up again in the new work in relation to Benveniste, Dumézil, Lévi-Strauss and Jakobson. Koyré introduced Lévi-Strauss to Jakobson … Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to the Festschrift? And has anyone written about them?

Posted on April 25, 2023 by stuartelden

Has anyone written about the history of publishing Festschrift ? There doesn’t seem to be an obvious English equivalent term. They are/were books dedicated to an author at the time of a significant birthday or retirement. Books of celebration, homage or tribute, … Continue reading →

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Martial Gueroult, Critique de la raison pure de Kant – previously unpublished lecture course, Éditions du Collège de France, November 2022

Posted on April 24, 2023 by stuartelden

Martial Gueroult, Critique de la raison pure de Kant – Éditions du Collège de France, edited by Arnaud Pelletier, November 2022 A previously unpublished lecture course, from 1957-58. Gueroult held the history of philosophy chair at the Collège de France, succeeded by … Continue reading →

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Roland Barthes, Le Neutre: Cours au Collège de France (1978) – new edition, ed. Eric Marty, Seuil, April 2023

Posted on April 21, 2023 by stuartelden

Roland Barthes, Le Neutre: Cours au Collège de France (1978) – new edition, ed. Eric Marty, Seuil, April 2023 Published today, newly edited, based on the recordings rather than Barthes’s notes. Unlike the other reedited Barthes courses, this isn’t in … Continue reading →

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Daniele Lorenzini, The Force of Truth: Critique, Genealogy, and Truth-Telling in Michel Foucault – University of Chicago Press, September 2023

Posted on April 21, 2023 by stuartelden

Daniele Lorenzini, The Force of Truth: Critique, Genealogy, and Truth-Telling in Michel Foucault – University of Chicago Press, September 2023 Great to see this book going through production – and three great endorsements at the UCP site, from Arnold Davidson, … Continue reading →

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