Author Archives: stuartelden

David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse – Verso, February 2023

Posted on September 16, 2022 by stuartelden

David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse – Verso, February 2023 Update: editor Sebastian Budgen discusses the book here.

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Jeff Malpas, In the Brightness of Place: Topological Thinking In and After Heidegger – SUNY Press, September 2022

Posted on September 16, 2022 by stuartelden

Jeff Malpas, In the Brightness of Place: Topological Thinking In and After Heidegger – SUNY Press, September 2022 The work of Jeff Malpas is well-known for its contribution to contemporary thinking about place and space. In the Brightness of Place takes that … Continue reading →

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Marci Baranski, The Globalisation of Wheat: A Critical History of the Green Revolution – University of Pittsburgh Press, November 2022

Posted on September 16, 2022 by stuartelden

Marci Baranski, The Globalisation of Wheat: A Critical History of the Green Revolution – University of Pittsburgh Press, November 2022 In The Globalization of Wheat, Marci R. Baranski explores Norman Borlaug’s complicated legacy as godfather of the Green Revolution. Winner of … Continue reading →

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Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program – new translation, PM Press, October 2022

Posted on September 15, 2022 by stuartelden

Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program – new translation, PM Press, 2022 There is also a discussion of the book, today, 15 September 2022, 5.30pm Chicago time. Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program is a revelation. It offers the fullest elaboration … Continue reading →

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Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History – Princeton University Press, June 2023

Posted on September 14, 2022 by stuartelden

Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History – Princeton University Press, June 2023 The end of the ancient world was long regarded by historians as a time of decadence, decline, and fall. In his career-long engagement with … Continue reading →

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‘Indo-European Thought in Post-War France’, Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies, 31 May 2023

Posted on September 6, 2022 by stuartelden

I’ll be giving a paper on the new project to the Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies on 31 May 2023. The seminar will be online, and open to all. More details nearer the time. It’s difficult to know what … Continue reading →

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Nicholas Blomley, Territory: New Trajectories in Law – Routledge, September 2022

Posted on September 6, 2022 by stuartelden

Nicholas Blomley, Territory: New Trajectories in Law – Routledge, September 2022 This book introduces readers to the concept of territory as it applies to law while demonstrating the particular work that territory does in organizing property relations.  Territories can be … Continue reading →

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William M. Hawley, Shakespeare’s Theory of International Relations: Diplomacy, Romance, and Aesthetics – Cambridge Scholars, August 2022

Posted on September 6, 2022 by stuartelden

William M. Hawley, Shakespeare’s Theory of International Relations: Diplomacy, Romance, and Aesthetics – Cambridge Scholars, August 2022 This book treats William Shakespeare’s romances as international relations (IR) theory plays depicting paths to peace abroad, showing that the playwright sounds the … Continue reading →

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Shifting landscapes of the medieval world – University of Cambridge, 13-15 September 2022

Posted on September 6, 2022 by stuartelden
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Jacques Derrida, Perjury and Pardon Volume 1, translated by David Wills – University of Chicago Press, September 2022

Posted on September 5, 2022 by stuartelden

Jacques Derrida, Perjury and Pardon Volume 1, translated by David Wills – University of Chicago Press, September 2022 An inquiry into the problematic of perjury, or lying, and forgiveness from one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. … Continue reading →

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