Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Pateman, Hubert, Droit, Derrida, Sharpe, Heidegger

Posted on May 19, 2026 by stuartelden

Trevor Pateman’s Culture as Anarchy; Henri Hubert’s Les Germains; the collection Les Grecs, les Romains et nous, edited by Roger Pol Droit; Derrida’s De la grammatologie; Alex Sharpe’s We’re Nobody’s Children: David Bowie and Existentialism and Heidegger’s Being and Time: An … Continue reading →

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Erin Torkelson, Predatory Welfare: Debt, Race, and Cash Transfers – Duke University Press, May 2026

Posted on May 19, 2026 by stuartelden

Erin Torkelson, Predatory Welfare: Debt, Race, and Cash Transfers – Duke University Press, May 2026 In Predatory Welfare, Erin Torkelson explores how the direct cash transfer program instituted in South Africa revised and reworked post-apartheid racialized and gendered dispossession, despite its … Continue reading →

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Peter Johnson, Philosophy for a Time of Crisis: Michel Serres and Climate Change – independently published, January 2026 (ebook free for limited time)

Posted on May 18, 2026 by stuartelden

Peter Johnson, Philosophy for a Time of Crisis: Michel Serres and Climate Change – independently published, January 2026 The ebook is free on Amazon from 18 May to 22 May 2026

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Leslie C. Dunn and Avi Mendelson eds. Shakespeare and Early Modern Madness – Springer, May 2026

Posted on May 18, 2026 by stuartelden

Leslie C. Dunn and Avi Mendelson eds. Shakespeare and Early Modern Madness – Springer, May 2026 Shakespeare and Early Modern Madness, the first collection to focus on madness and mental health in early modern drama, is energized by the belief … Continue reading →

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Georges Dumézil, Geographer of the Russian World? (and some notes on the series in which it was supposed to appear)

Posted on May 17, 2026 by stuartelden

In 1932, the mythologist Georges Dumézil was advertised as having a forthcoming book entitled Le Monde Russe [The Russian World] for a new series called ‘Géographie pour tous’ [Geography for everyone]. The book never appeared. At the time Dumézil was teaching in … Continue reading →

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Hans Demeyer and Sven Vitse, Affective Crisis and the Possibility of Attachment: A Comparative Study of Contemporary Fiction in Neoliberal Ruins – UCL Press, April 2026 (print and open access)

Posted on May 16, 2026 by stuartelden

Hans Demeyer and Sven Vitse, Affective Crisis and the Possibility of Attachment: A Comparative Study of Contemporary Fiction in Neoliberal Ruins – UCL Press, April 2026 (print and open access) Affective Crisis and the Possibility of Attachment offers a comparative critical … Continue reading →

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Randall L. Schweller, Broken Cycle: World Politics in the Age of Dissent – Cambridge University Press, February 2026

Posted on May 15, 2026 by stuartelden

Randall L. Schweller, Broken Cycle: World Politics in the Age of Dissent – Cambridge University Press, February 2026 Why is the Liberal International Order unraveling – and will this lead to global disorder? Broken Cycle explores this urgent question by viewing … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney eds. Media Rurality – Duke University Press, April 2026

Posted on May 15, 2026 by stuartelden

Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney eds. Media Rurality – Duke University Press, April 2026 Media Rurality investigates the centrality of rural places and people within the media systems and technologies that shape daily life in and across rural and urban settings … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brodie, Wild Tides: Media Infrastructure and Financial Crisis in Ireland – Duke University Press, March 2026

Posted on May 14, 2026 by stuartelden

Patrick Brodie, Wild Tides: Media Infrastructure and Financial Crisis in Ireland – Duke University Press, March 2026 In Wild Tides, Patrick Brodie maps the shifting fortunes of the Irish economy before the 2008 financial crisis up to 2020, outlining how the … Continue reading →

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Ana Oancea, Dangerous Creations: The Inventor Novel in Fin-de-Siècle France – University of Toronto Press, July 2025 and New Books discussion

Posted on May 14, 2026 by stuartelden

Ana Oancea, Dangerous Creations: The Inventor Novel in Fin-de-Siècle France – University of Toronto Press, July 2025 Dangerous Creations presents a master narrative of the inventor in fin-de-siècle French literature by analyzing the works of Jules Verne, Albert Robida, Émile Zola, and Villiers … Continue reading →

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