Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Kojève, Mac Cumhaill & Wiseman, Bakewell, Foucault & Simon, Bloch, Brunet & Mahrer, Adluri & Bagchee

Posted on January 26, 2024 by stuartelden

Some recently bought books, nearly all second-hand, and mostly connected to my Mapping Indo-European Thought project. Also includes the Turkish translation of the dialogue between Michel Foucault and Jonathan Simon, which I edited, and to which I contributed a new … Continue reading →

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Simona Forti, Totalitarianism: A Borderline Idea in Political Philosophy – Stanford University Press, January 2024

Posted on January 25, 2024 by stuartelden

Simona Forti, Totalitarianism: A Borderline Idea in Political Philosophy – Stanford University Press, January 2024 In the last decade, we have witnessed the return of one of the most controversial terms in the political lexicon: totalitarianism. What are we talking … Continue reading →

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CFP: Pocockian Moments: A Symposium on the Centenary of J.G.A. Pocock – online, 20-21 May 2024

Posted on January 24, 2024 by stuartelden

CFP: Pocockian Moments: A Symposium on the Centenary of J.G.A. Pocock – online, 20-21 May 2024 The voluminous work of the late J. G. A. Pocock (1924-2023) challenged, redefined, and fashioned multiple fields of study, offering successive moments of transformation in … Continue reading →

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Raoul Vaneigem, Resistance to Christianity: A Chronological Encyclopaedia of Heresy from the Beginning to the Eighteenth Century – trans. Bill Brown, Columbia University Press, February 2024

Posted on January 23, 2024 by stuartelden

Raoul Vaneigem, Resistance to Christianity: A Chronological Encyclopaedia of Heresy from the Beginning to the Eighteenth Century – trans. Bill Brown, Columbia University Press, February 2024 Resistance to Christianity: A Chronological Encyclopaedia of Heresy from the Beginning to the Eighteenth … Continue reading →

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Thomas Nail, Matter and Motion: A Brief History of Kinetic Materalism – Edinburgh University Press, December 2023

Posted on January 22, 2024 by stuartelden

Thomas Nail, Matter and Motion: A Brief History of Kinetic Materalism – Edinburgh University Press, December 2023 Tells a new history of materialism – from prehistory to the present – that resists stasis, heirarchy and domination

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Md Azmeary Ferdoush, Sovereign Atonement: Citizenship, Territory, and the State at the Bangladesh-India Border – Cambridge University Press, May 2024

Posted on January 21, 2024 by stuartelden

Md Azmeary Ferdoush, Sovereign Atonement: Citizenship, Territory, and the State at the Bangladesh-India Border – Cambridge University Press, May 2024 The former border enclaves of Bangladesh and India existed as extra-territorial spaces since 1947. They were finally exchanged and merged as host … Continue reading →

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Late Foucault & Classical Antiquity – special issue of Arethusa 2023

Posted on January 20, 2024 by stuartelden

Late Foucault & Classical Antiquity – special issue of Arethusa 2023 (requires subscription) From the Editor: Foucault and Arethusa Roger D. Woodard Introduction Simon Goldhill A Self-Interested Reader? Foucault and Imperial Greek Technical Texts Claire Hall Elephants, Christians, and Pagans in … Continue reading →

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Daniele Lorenzini, Jacques Maritain and Human Rights: Totalitarianism, Anti-semitism and Democracy (1936–1951) – St Augustine’s Press, March 2024

Posted on January 19, 2024 by stuartelden

Daniele Lorenzini, Jacques Maritain and Human Rights: Totalitarianism, Anti-semitism and Democracy (1936–1951) – trans. C. C. Godfrey-Howell, St Augustine’s Press, March 2024 The influence of Jacques Maritain in the post-war era’s embrace of human rights is undeniable. Scholars, however, overlook a … Continue reading →

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James A. Tyner, The Apathy of Empire: Cambodia in American Geopolitics – University of Minnesota Press, March 2024

Posted on January 18, 2024 by stuartelden

James A. Tyner, The Apathy of Empire: Cambodia in American Geopolitics – University of Minnesota Press, March 2024 The Apathy of Empire reveals just how significant Cambodia was to U.S. policy in Indochina during the Vietnam War, broadening the lens to … Continue reading →

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Angela Y. Davis, Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1 – Haymarket, January 2024

Posted on January 17, 2024 by stuartelden

Angela Y. Davis, Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1 – Haymarket, January 2024 A major collection of essays and  speeches from pioneering freedom fighter Angela Y. DavisFor over fifty years, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective … Continue reading →

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