Author Archives: stuartelden

The Stockholm Appeal against Atomic weapons – Émile Benveniste, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Jean Boulier and Cold War Politics

Posted on July 12, 2026 by stuartelden

Émile Benveniste was one of the signatories of the Stockholm appeal on 19 March 1950, against nuclear weapons. The short text of the appeal reads:  We demand the outlawing of atomic weapons as instruments of intimidation and mass murder of … Continue reading →

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Susana Caló & Godofredo Enes Pereira, CERFI – Analysis Everywhere. Militancy, Research, Architecture and Psychiatry – Minor Compositions, May 2026 (print and open access)

Posted on July 11, 2026 by stuartelden

Susana Caló & Godofredo Enes Pereira, CERFI – Analysis Everywhere. Militancy, Research, Architecture and Psychiatry – Minor Compositions, May 2026 Between the radical energies of the 1960s and the shifting terrains of the 1980s, a group in France quietly detonated … Continue reading →

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Georgina Lucas, Massacres in Early Modern Drama – Manchester University Press, May 2026

Posted on July 11, 2026 by stuartelden

Georgina Lucas, Massacres in Early Modern Drama – Manchester University Press, May 2026 Massacres in Early Modern Drama analyses the dynamically ambivalent meanings constructed by the language and action of massacre on the early modern stage. Informed by theories drawn … Continue reading →

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Perry Zurn, Cisgender: Disorienting a Category – Duke University Press, August 2026

Posted on July 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Perry Zurn, Cisgender: Disorienting a Category – Duke University Press, August 2026 Introduction open access at the above link Interview at the Duke University Press blog In Cisgender, Perry Zurn turns an incisive yet playful eye toward the “norm” against which transgender … Continue reading →

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Scott Sundvall, Caddie Alford, Ira J. Allen eds. Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth – University of Pittsburgh Press, December 2026

Posted on July 9, 2026 by stuartelden

Scott Sundvall, Caddie Alford, Ira J. Allen eds. Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth – University of Pittsburgh Press, December 2026 Rhetoric has long had a contentious relationship with the idea of truth, and the field of contemporary rhetorical studies has often been skeptical of … Continue reading →

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Frederic Jameson, After Year Zero: On Postwar German Thought – ed. Carson Welch, Verso, September 2026

Posted on July 9, 2026 by stuartelden

Frederic Jameson, After Year Zero: On Postwar German Thought – ed. Carson Welch, Verso, September 2026 Jameson’s Legendary Lectures on German thought, together in one volume for the first time. In this series of accessible lectures, Fredric Jameson explores German philosophy … Continue reading →

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Foucault. Une aventure intellectuelle au Collège de France – exhibition and lectures, 30 September 2026-15 January 2027

Posted on July 8, 2026 by stuartelden

Foucault. Une aventure intellectuelle au Collège de France – 30 September 2026-15 January 2027 L’exposition « Foucault. Une aventure intellectuelle au Collège de France » explore le parcours de Michel Foucault dans l’institution où il enseigna de 1970 à 1984. À l’occasion … Continue reading →

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James Clay Moltz, The Politics of Space Security: Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests – Stanford University Press, fourth edition, June 2026 

Posted on July 8, 2026 by stuartelden

James Clay Moltz, The Politics of Space Security: Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests – Stanford University Press, fourth edition, June 2026  As space becomes more crowded with over 12,000 active satellites operated by over sixty countries and … Continue reading →

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Eduardo A. Escobar, Kiersten Neumann and C. Jay Crisostomo eds. Scribal Worlds: Scholarship and Classification in Cuneiform Cultures – UCL Press, June 2026 (print and open access)

Posted on July 7, 2026 by stuartelden

Eduardo A. Escobar, Kiersten Neumann and C. Jay Crisostomo eds. Scribal Worlds: Scholarship and Classification in Cuneiform Cultures – UCL Press, June 2026 (print and open access) Scribal Worlds: Scholarship and classification in cuneiform cultures delves into the history of the … Continue reading →

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Andrea Brondino, Narrative and History in the Works of Umberto Eco, Carlo Ginzburg, and Wu Ming: Untangling the Strands – Bloomsbury, December 2026

Posted on July 7, 2026 by stuartelden

Andrea Brondino, Narrative and History in the Works of Umberto Eco, Carlo Ginzburg, and Wu Ming: Untangling the Strands – Bloomsbury, December 2026 Using the works of prominent Italian authors of both fiction and nonfiction, this book challenges the established … Continue reading →

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