Author Archives: stuartelden

Claude Lévi-Strauss, Georges Dumézil and Benoîte Groult: the Académie française and the debate about feminine nouns for professions

Posted on October 19, 2025 by stuartelden

In his dialogues with Didier Eribon, published in 1989, Claude Lévi-Strauss commented on the linguistic work of the Académie française, and especially a campaign to amend the gender terminology of professions. Should, for example, a female politician be referred to … Continue reading →

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Shannon Hoff, How to Read Hegel Now – University of Chicago Press, March 2026

Posted on October 18, 2025 by stuartelden

Shannon Hoff, How to Read Hegel Now – University of Chicago Press, March 2026 A powerful exploration of how Hegel’s ideas about freedom can speak to social injustice today. One might be forgiven for feeling that the philosophical tradition, notoriously … Continue reading →

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Yoann Malinge, L’Action dans la philosophie de Jean-Paul Sartre – Classiques Garnier, October 2025

Posted on October 18, 2025 by stuartelden

Yoann Malinge, L’Action dans la philosophie de Jean-Paul Sartre – Classiques Garnier, October 2025 Jean-Paul Sartre développe une philosophie de l’action dans laquelle l’existence humaine et le monde sont liés. Exister, c’est agir. Cependant, l’action peut se heurter à des … Continue reading →

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The library of Michel Foucault and Daniel Defert, inventory online

Posted on October 17, 2025 by stuartelden

Announcing the official launch of the Inventory of the Library of Michel Foucault and Daniel Defert La bibliothèque de Michel Foucault et de Daniel Defert du 285 rue de Vaugirard Announcement in French and English – thanks to Foucault News … Continue reading →

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Morten Høi Jensen, The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of “The Magic Mountain” – Yale University Press, October 2025

Posted on October 17, 2025 by stuartelden

Morten Høi Jensen, The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of “The Magic Mountain” – Yale University Press, October 2025 The arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain as a defeated Germany descended into political chaos Like many … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, Histoire de la vérité – Cours à l’Université d’État de New York à Buffalo, mars et avril 1972 – eds. Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Orazio Irrera, Vrin, October 2025

Posted on October 16, 2025 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, Histoire de la vérité – Cours à l’Université d’État de New York à Buffalo, mars et avril 1972 – eds. Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Orazio Irrera, Vrin, October 2025 Now published Comment s’est constituée, à travers le temps, la … Continue reading →

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J. Michael Cole, The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Centre of the New Cold War – Polity, October 2025

Posted on October 16, 2025 by stuartelden

J. Michael Cole, The Taiwan Tinderbox: The Island-Nation at the Centre of the New Cold War – Polity, October 2025 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world and overturned assumptions that large-scale conventional war was inconceivable in the … Continue reading →

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Madeleine Chalmers, French Technological Thought and the Nonhuman Turn – Edinburgh University Press, December 2024 (print and open access) and two interviews

Posted on October 15, 2025 by stuartelden

Madeleine Chalmers, French Technological Thought and the Nonhuman Turn – Edinburgh University Press, December 2024 – hardback and open access available now; paperback in June 2026 Uncovers the nonhuman turn’s unexpected roots in the avant-gardes and mysticisms of nineteenth-century France … Continue reading →

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Patricia Chiantera‐Stutte and Ulrike Jureit eds., Geo‐Political Spaces: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Carl Schmitt – Routledge, November 2025

Posted on October 15, 2025 by stuartelden

Patricia Chiantera‐Stutte and Ulrike Jureit eds., Geo‐Political Spaces: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Carl Schmitt – Routledge, November 2025 Sorry to report that the price is prohibitively expensive. This book focuses on the geographical and geopolitical sources for Carl Schmitt’s multilayered political … Continue reading →

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Timothy Middleton, Witnessing a Wounded World: A Theology of Ecological Trauma – Fordham University Press, November 2025

Posted on October 14, 2025 by stuartelden

Timothy Middleton, Witnessing a Wounded World: A Theology of Ecological Trauma – Fordham University Press, November 2025 A crucial intervention at the intersection of ecotheology and trauma theology  We are in the midst of a global ecological crisis. At times, … Continue reading →

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