Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Febvre, Hiltebeitel, Comaroff, Kantorowicz, Glyph 7, Gadoffre, Eliade & Couliano, Harvey

Posted on September 5, 2025 by stuartelden

Books received – mostly bought second-hand, but also Joshua Comaroff, Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore, sent by University of Minnesota Press, and Ernst Kantorowicz, Radiances: Unpublished Essays on Gods, Kingship, and Images of the State, edited by Robert E. Lerner, … Continue reading →

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Bart Buseyne, Georgios Tsagdis and Paul Willemarck eds., Bernard Stiegler: Memories of the Future – Bloomsbury, August 2025

Posted on September 5, 2025 by stuartelden

Bart Buseyne, Georgios Tsagdis and Paul Willemarck eds., Bernard Stiegler: Memories of the Future – Bloomsbury, August 2025 Honouring the memory of the late Bernard Stiegler, this edited collection presents a broad spectrum of contributions that provide a complex and … Continue reading →

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Sheila Hones, Interspatiality: Inhabiting Literary Geography – University of Wales Press, January 2025

Posted on September 5, 2025 by stuartelden

Sheila Hones, Interspatiality: Inhabiting Literary Geography – University of Wales Press, January 2025 A consideration of literary geography as a specialist academic field. Interspatiality is a book about the language, theory, and practice of a literary geography which takes as its … Continue reading →

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David A. Westbrook, Social Thought from the Ruins: Quixote’s Dinner Party – Routledge, August 2025, print and open access

Posted on September 4, 2025 by stuartelden

David A. Westbrook, Social Thought from the Ruins: Quixote’s Dinner Party – Routledge, August 2025, print and open access Through stories, conversations, and essays, this book pursues interwoven critical and philosophical inquiries into the nature of the contemporary in the … Continue reading →

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Kären Wigen ed., Territorial Imaginaries: Beyond the Sovereign Map – University of Chicago Press, April 2025

Posted on September 4, 2025 by stuartelden

Kären Wigen ed., Territorial Imaginaries: Beyond the Sovereign Map – University of Chicago Press, April 2025 Fresh offerings on world mapping beyond Western conventions. This strikingly colorful volume contends that modern mapping has never been sufficient to illustrate the complex reality … Continue reading →

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Maddalena Cerrato, Michel Foucault’s Practical Philosophy: A Critique of Subjectivation Processes – SUNY Press, May 2025 (paperback November) and New Books Network discussion

Posted on September 3, 2025 by stuartelden

Maddalena Cerrato, Michel Foucault’s Practical Philosophy: A Critique of Subjectivation Processes – SUNY Press, May 2025 (paperback November) New Books Network discussion with Morteza Hajizadeh – thanks to dmf for the link Offers a holistic approach to Michel Foucault’s thought, … Continue reading →

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Daniel Bessner & Michael Brenes eds. Cold War Liberalism: Power in a Time of Emergency – Cambridge University Press, January 2026

Posted on September 3, 2025 by stuartelden

Daniel Bessner & Michael Brenes eds. Cold War Liberalism: Power in a Time of Emergency – Cambridge University Press, January 2026 In the mid-twentieth century, Cold War liberalism exerted a profound influence on the US state, US foreign policy, and … Continue reading →

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Adrian J. Ivakhiv, The New Lives of Images: Digital Ecologies and Anthropocene Imaginaries in More-than-Human Worlds – Stanford University Press, September 2025

Posted on September 3, 2025 by stuartelden

Adrian J. Ivakhiv, The New Lives of Images: Digital Ecologies and Anthropocene Imaginaries in More-than-Human Worlds – Stanford University Press, September 2025 In this ambitious new work, eco-philosopher and cultural theorist Adrian Ivakhiv presents an incisive new way of thinking … Continue reading →

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Nicholas Allen, Late Heaney – Oxford University Press, January 2026

Posted on September 2, 2025 by stuartelden

Nicholas Allen, Late Heaney – Oxford University Press, January 2026 Late Heaney follows Seamus Heaney through the landscapes, friendships and events that shaped his last four collections, The Spirit Level, Electric Light, District and Circle, and Human Chain, all set in conversation with his work … Continue reading →

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Ari Jerrems, The Spatial Limits of Political Community: Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain – Bristol University Press, September 2025

Posted on September 2, 2025 by stuartelden

Ari Jerrems, The Spatial Limits of Political Community: Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain – Bristol University Press, September 2025 Through analysis of political events in Madrid, Spain, this book explores what the figure of the neighbour can tell us … Continue reading →

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