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Timothy Brennan, Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said – Bloomsbury, March 2021 – and discussion on BBC 3: Free Thinking

Posted on March 16, 2021 by stuartelden

Timothy Brennan, Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said – Bloomsbury, March 2021 Rana Mitter talks to Timothy Brennan and the writers Ahdaf Soueif, Pankaj Mishra and Marina Warner on BBC 3: Free Thinking Drawing on extensive archival sources … Continue reading →

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Vicki Squire, Nina Perkowski, Dallal Stevens and Nick Vaughan-Williams, Reclaiming Migration: Voices from Europe’s ‘migrant crisis’ – Manchester University Press, March 2021

Posted on March 16, 2021 by stuartelden

Vicki Squire, Nina Perkowski, Dallal Stevens and Nick Vaughan-Williams, Reclaiming Migration: Voices from Europe’s ‘migrant crisis’ – Manchester University Press, March 2021 Reclaiming migration critically assesses the EU’s migration policy by presenting the unheard voices of the so-called migrant crisis. … Continue reading →

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Books received – Nietzsche, Lacan, Dodds, Balibar, Wall, Dumézil

Posted on March 16, 2021 by stuartelden

Some older second-hand books, along with Klaus Dodds, Border Wars: The Conflicts that will Define our Future, two books by Étienne Balibar including his Histoire Interminable, and Illan rua Wall, Law and Disorder: Sovereignty, Protest, Atmosphere.

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Norbert Guterman and Leo Löwenthal, Prophets of Deceit: A Study of the Techniques of the American Agitator – Verso, April 2021

Posted on March 16, 2021 by stuartelden

Norbert Guterman and Leo Löwenthal, Prophets of Deceit: A Study of the Techniques of the American Agitator – Verso, April 2021 Foreword by Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse, Introduction by Alberto Toscano Good to see this reissued by Verso. Among … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, From the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography – a new collection of writings forthcoming with University of Minnesota Press, 2022

Posted on March 15, 2021 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton – Henri Lefebvre, From the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography – a new collection of writings forthcoming with University of Minnesota Press, 2022 [update: the University of Minnesota Press page for On the Rural is here] (cross-posted … Continue reading →

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One editing project moves into production; another one just beginning…

Posted on March 15, 2021 by stuartelden

One editing project moves into production; another one just beginning… More details soon. Update: the Lefebvre project is discussed here.

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Helen McCabe, John Stuart Mill, Socialist – McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2021

Posted on March 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Helen McCabe, John Stuart Mill, Socialist – McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2021 Best known as the author of On Liberty, John Stuart Mill remains a canonical figure in liberalism today. Yet according to his autobiography, by the mid-1840s he placed himself … Continue reading →

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Jean Cavaillès, On Logic and the Theory of Science – Urbanomic, 2021

Posted on March 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Jean Cavaillès, On Logic and the Theory of Science – Urbanomic, 2021 (UK sales; US sales) Translated by Knox Pedenand Robin Mackay. Preface by Gaston Bachelard. Introductory notice by Georges Canguilhem and Charles Ehresmann. Introduction by Knox Peden. In this … Continue reading →

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University Of London Institute In Paris videos – Étienne Balibar, Deborah Cowen, Achille Mbembe

Posted on March 10, 2021 by stuartelden

University Of London Institute In Paris videos – Étienne Balibar, Deborah Cowen, Achille Mbembe

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Shannon Mattern, A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences – Princeton University Press, August 2021

Posted on March 10, 2021 by stuartelden

Shannon Mattern, A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences – Princeton University Press, August 2021 Computational models of urbanism—smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration—promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit … Continue reading →

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