Author Archives: stuartelden

Andrea Mubi Brighenti and Mattias Kärrholm (eds.), Territories, Environments, Politics, Explorations in Territoriology – online book launch, 10 May 2022, 1-3pm CEST

Andrea Mubi Brighenti and Mattias Kärrholm (eds.), Territories, Environments, Politics, Explorations in Territoriology – online book launch, 10 May 2022, 1-3pm CEST https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/68646989904 Details of the book follow: Andrea Mubi Brighenti and Mattias Kärrholm (eds.), Territories, Environments, Politics, Explorations in Territoriology – Routledge, April 2022 This … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Brandon Terry, Cornel West, and Bernard E. Harcourt discuss Malcolm X (video)

Brandon Terry, Cornel West, and Bernard E. Harcourt discuss Malcolm X – essays and resources at this page Part of Columbia’s 13/13 series on Revolution

Posted in Bernard E. Harcourt, Cornel West | Leave a comment

Editing Georges Dumézil’s Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty

As I’ve mentioned before, as part of the next big project, I am working on a new English edition of Georges Dumézil’s book Mitra-Varuna: An Essay of Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty. The book was published in 1940, and in a … Continue reading

Posted in Georges Dumézil, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Uncategorized | 10 Comments

Mark Usher, Territory, hydraulics, biopolitics: internal colonization through urban catchment management in Singapore – Territory, Politics, Governance, April 2022

Mark Usher, Territory, hydraulics, biopolitics: internal colonization through urban catchment management in Singapore – Territory, Politics, Governance, April 2022 The article requires subscription, but if you don’t have access, email Mark for a copy On separating from Malaysia in 1965, … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon – edited by Patricia Owens, Katharina Ritzier, Kimberley Hutchings and Sarah C. Dunstan – CUP, July 2022

Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon – edited by Patricia Owens, Katharina Ritzier, Kimberley Hutchings and Sarah C. Dunstan – CUP, July 2022 This first anthology of women’s international thought explores how women transformed the practice of international relations, … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Gottfried Schnödl and Florian Sprenger, Uexküll’s Surroundings: Umwelt Theory and Right-Wing Thought – Meson Press, 2022 (open access)

Gottfried Schnödl and Florian Sprenger, Uexküll’s Surroundings: Umwelt Theory and Right-Wing Thought – Meson Press, 2022 (open access) The German original is also available from Meson Press – Uexkülls Umgebungen: Umweltlehre und rechtes Denken With its diversity of possible Umwelten or environments for living … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Paul Allen Miller, Foucault’s Seminars on Antiquity – reviewed at Berfrois (open access)

Update September 2025: the Berfrois site is now closed and the archive has been removed. My piece can now be found here. At Berfrois, I review Paul Allen Miller’s recent book Foucault’s Seminars on Antiquity: Learning to Speak the Truth … Continue reading

Posted in Michel Foucault | 1 Comment

Alice Jardine, At the Risk of Thinking: An Intellectual Biography of Julia Kristeva – discussed at the New Books Network

At the Risk of Thinking: An Intellectual Biography of Julia Kristeva (Bloomsbury, 2020) is the first biography of Julia Kristeva–one of the most celebrated intellectuals in the world. Alice Jardine brings Kristeva’s work to a broader readership by connecting Kristeva’s personal … Continue reading

Posted in Julia Kristeva | Leave a comment

Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago, Against the Commons: A Radical History of Planning – University of Minnesota Press, August 2022

Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago, Against the Commons: A Radical History of Planning – University of Minnesota Press, August 2022 Characterized by shared, self-managed access to food, housing, and the basic conditions for a creative life, the commons are essential for communities to flourish … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Parastou Saberi, Fearing the Immigrant: Racialization and Urban Policy in Toronto – University of Minnesota Press, August 2022

Parastou Saberi, Fearing the Immigrant: Racialization and Urban Policy in Toronto – University of Minnesota Press, August 2022 The city of Toronto is often held up as a leader in diversity and inclusion. In Fearing the Immigrant, however, Parastou Saberi argues that … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment