Author Archives: stuartelden

Andrew Alexander Davis and Sebastian Rand eds., New Perspectives on Hegel’s Philosophy of Right – Bloomsbury, August 2025

Posted on October 8, 2025 by stuartelden

Andrew Alexander Davis and Sebastian Rand eds., New Perspectives on Hegel’s Philosophy of Right – Bloomsbury, August 2025 This collection of new perspectives on Hegel’s Philosophy of Right breaks down some of the most stubborn barriers between the book and its readers. … Continue reading →

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Books received – Canguilhem, Jerrems, Hayter and Harvey, Leary-Owhin

Posted on October 7, 2025 by stuartelden

The final volume of Georges Canguilhem, Oeuvres complètes, Ari Jerrems, The Spatial Limits of Political Community, Teresa Hayter and David Harvey, The Factory and the City: The Story of the Cowley Automobile Workers in Oxford and Michael Edema Leary-Ohwin, Exploring … Continue reading →

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Books received – Levinas, de Menasce, Braudel, Bloch and Febvre

Posted on October 7, 2025 by stuartelden

Books relating to the new interest in stories of French academics who spent time in German prisoner of war camps, a book about Émile Benveniste’s former student Jean de Menasce (see here), and a few relating to the Annales school … Continue reading →

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André Keil, Dictatorships and Authoritarianism in Modern German History – Bloomsbury, January 2026

Posted on October 6, 2025 by stuartelden

André Keil, Dictatorships and Authoritarianism in Modern German History – Bloomsbury, January 2026 Dictatorships and Authoritarianism in Modern German History provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the history of dictatorships in Germany since the French Revolution. Dictatorships have been a … Continue reading →

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From a Watershed to the Parting of the Waters: A Note on Michel Foucault and Peter Brown

Posted on October 5, 2025 by stuartelden

Back in November 2014, while I was researching Foucault’s Last Decade, I wrote “A minor note on Michel Foucault and Peter Brown: From a watershed to the parting of the waters” for this site. I was interested in Foucault’s use of an idea … Continue reading →

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Kaveh Boveiri, Marxian Totality – Haymarket, July 2025

Posted on October 4, 2025 by stuartelden

Kaveh Boveiri, Marxian Totality – Haymarket, July 2025 The first book-length exploration of the Marxian concept of totality from a philosophical and sociopolitical perspective. Drawing on a large number of classical and contemporary works (in English, French, German, Czech and … Continue reading →

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David Harvey at 90: A Verso Series

Posted on October 3, 2025 by stuartelden

David Harvey at 90: A Verso Series  Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson‘s ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy.  This month, in honour of David Harvey‘s ninetieth birthday, we’re publishing a series of … Continue reading →

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Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds, Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic – Yale University Press, September 2025

Posted on October 3, 2025 by stuartelden

Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds, Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic – Yale University Press, September 2025 A vital account of the state of the Arctic today—emphasising the twin dangers of climate change and geopolitical competition Nowhere is … Continue reading →

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Peter Sloterdijk, If You Have Never Thought Gray: A Theory of Color – trans. Corey Anderson Dansereau and Robert Hughes, Polity, June 2025

Posted on October 2, 2025 by stuartelden

Peter Sloterdijk, If You Have Never Thought Gray: A Theory of Color – trans. Corey Anderson Dansereau and Robert Hughes, Polity, June 2025 “You’re not a painter if you haven’t painted gray”, declared Paul Cézanne. The same could be said of philosophers: … Continue reading →

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Jen Rose Smith, Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic – Duke University Press, May 2025 and New Books discussion

Posted on October 2, 2025 by stuartelden

Jen Rose Smith, Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic – Duke University Press, May 2025 Ice animates the look and feel of climate change. It is melting faster than ever before, causing social upheaval … Continue reading →

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