Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Lévi-Strauss, Lacan, Tamm, Geoghegan, Barthes

Posted on January 23, 2023 by stuartelden

A few books bought recently, including Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan, Code: From Information Theory to French Theory and Jacques Lacan’s The Object Relation, recently out in paperback.

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Christos Lynteris, Visual Plague: The Emergence of Epidemic Photography – MIT Press, October 2022 (print and open access)

Posted on January 23, 2023 by stuartelden

Christos Lynteris, Visual Plague: The Emergence of Epidemic Photography – MIT Press, October 2022 Available in print and open access

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Jing Tsu, Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China – Allen Lane, January 2022 [paperback January 2023]

Posted on January 22, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Jing Tsu, Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China – Allen Lane, January 2022 [paperback January 2023 – UK; USA] China today is one of the world’s most powerful…

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Natalie Koch, Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia – Verso, January 2023

Posted on January 22, 2023 by stuartelden

Natalie Koch, Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia – Verso, January 2023 A revelatory new history of the colonization of the American West, by way of camels, date palms, and Biosphere 2 The iconic deserts of the … Continue reading →

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Alyssa Battistoni, “Latour’s Metamorphosis”, New Left Review Sidecar (open access)

Posted on January 21, 2023 by stuartelden

Alyssa Battistoni, “Latour’s Metamorphosis“, New Left Review Sidecar (open access)

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Andrea Mubi Brighenti, Elias Canetti and Social Theory: The Bond on Creation – Bloomsbury, January 2023

Posted on January 20, 2023 by stuartelden

Andrea Mubi Brighenti, Elias Canetti and Social Theory: The Bond on Creation – Bloomsbury, January 2023 Elias Canetti is a key thinker in the trend towards the renewal of social theory for the 21st century. He is increasingly being recognised in the … Continue reading →

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Jacques Lacan, Le Séminaire Livre XIV: La Logique du fantasme, ed. Jacques-Alain Miller – Seuil, January 2023

Posted on January 20, 2023 by stuartelden

Jacques Lacan, Le Séminaire Livre XIV: La Logique du fantasme, ed. Jacques-Alain Miller – Seuil, January 2023 After a long gap, and some legal problems, the publication of the seminar is ongoing once again: « Logique du fantasme », l’expression … Continue reading →

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Territorial Bodies: World Culture in Crisis – University of Warwick, 25 February 2023 [registration now open]

Posted on January 19, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Territorial Bodies: World Culture in Crisis Saturday 25th February 2023, University of Warwick [update: registration now open] Keynote Addresses: Dr. Lauren Wilcox, University of Cambridge Prof. Kathryn Yusoff, Queen Mary University London Call for Papers…

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George Steinmetz, The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: French Sociology and the Overseas Empire – Princeton University Press, April 2023

Posted on January 19, 2023 by stuartelden

George Steinmetz, The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: French Sociology and the Overseas Empire – Princeton University Press, April 2023 The Introduction is open access here In this provocative and original retelling of the history of French social thought, … Continue reading →

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Elisabetta Basso’s Young Foucault reviewed in The Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (behind paywall; some excerpts here)

Posted on January 18, 2023 by stuartelden

I have a review of Elisabetta Basso’s excellent Young Foucault: The Lille manuscripts on psychopathology, phenomenology, and anthropology, 1952–1955, translated by Marie Satya McDonough (Columbia University Press, 2022) in The Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. The review is unfortunately … Continue reading →

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