Author Archives: stuartelden

Frédéric Keck, How French Moderns Think: The Lévy-Bruhl Family, From “Primitive Mentality” to Contemporary Pandemics – HAU books, December 2023 This book traces the contributions of the Lévy-Bruhl family to social and political thought and expertise in 20th-century France, shaping … Continue reading →

Benjamin Tallis, Identities, Borderscapes, Orders: (In)Security, (Im)Mobility and Crisis in the EU and Ukraine – Springer, February 2023 This book provides a pre-history of Russia’s war on Ukraine and Europe’s relations to it, illuminating the deep roots of the EU’s … Continue reading →

Natasha Wheatley, The Life and Death of States: Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty – Princeton University Press, June 2023 Sprawled across the heartlands of Europe, the Habsburg Empire resisted all the standard theories of singular sovereignty. The … Continue reading →

Peter T. Struck and Sophia Rosenfeld (eds.), A Cultural History of Ideas – Bloomsbury, six volumes, November 2022 A massive, six-volume reference work, at a high price, but looks impressive if you can find a suitable library copy… How has … Continue reading →

Alisa Zhulina, Theater of Capital: Modern Drama and Economic Life – Northwestern University Press, January 2024 Reads canonical works of modern drama in relation to the economic ideas of their era Emerging amid the turbulent rise of market finance and … Continue reading →

Generative AI and University Futures: Three Seminars at University of Manchester, May 2023 We’re hosting 3 in person seminars about generative AI and university futures at the University of Manchester on Critical AI literacy (May 10th), Assessment Reform (May 17th) … Continue reading →