Author Archives: stuartelden

Further challenges with the references to Foucault’s Birth of the Clinic

Posted on October 4, 2026 by stuartelden

In an earlier post in this series I discussed a misplaced reference in Foucault’s Birth of the Clinic, where Foucault’s reference pointed to a book by S.A.D. Tissot but the actual source of the quotation was a text by Archibald Pitcairn. In that … Continue reading →

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Iulian Apostolescu ed. The Play of Being: New Perspectives on Eugen Fink’s Phenomenological Project – Brill, October 2026

Posted on October 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Iulian Apostolescu ed. The Play of Being: New Perspectives on Eugen Fink’s Phenomenological Project – Brill, October 2026 The aim of this collection of essays is to explore Eugen Fink’s legacy and the potentialities of his phenomenological project for contemporary … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, “Writing the ‘Sunday histories’ – an experiment in sharing short pieces on a blog”, in the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly “Reflections on Writing” Series (open access)

Posted on October 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly has a “Reflections on Writing” Series – all pieces are open access My contribution “Writing the ‘Sunday histories’ – an experiment in sharing short pieces on a blog” is now available. My thanks to Mark Flear … Continue reading →

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Georges Canguilhem, Saggi di epistemologia e storia della scienze, ed. Giuseppe Sertoli, intro. Raffaele Grandoni – Edizioni ETS, September 2026

Posted on October 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Georges Canguilhem, Saggi di epistemologia e storia della scienze, ed. Giuseppe Sertoli, intro. Raffaele Grandoni – Edizioni ETS, September 2026 Pleased to see this collection published, one which Canguilhem himself originally conceived for an Italian audience, with an introduction by … Continue reading →

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Jean-Paul Sartre, Cours de philosophie de terminale pris sous la dictée par son élève Maurice Mermet. Lycée Condorcet, 1942-1943, ed. Jean-François Louette, Paris: Gallimard, September 2026

Posted on October 1, 2026 by stuartelden

Jean-Paul Sartre, Cours de philosophie de terminale pris sous la dictée par son élève Maurice Mermet. Lycée Condorcet, 1942-1943, ed. Jean-François Louette, Paris: Gallimard, September 2026 Maurice Mermet a seize ans à la rentrée scolaire de 1942. Venu de Lyon, il … Continue reading →

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Giulia Bernard, Bojana Jovicevic and Karen Koch eds. Hegel and Feminism – Bloomsbury, October 2026

Posted on October 1, 2026 by stuartelden

Giulia Bernard, Bojana Jovicevic and Karen Koch eds. Hegel and Feminism – Bloomsbury, October 2026 Whilst much previous writing on Hegel has focused on his social and political philosophy, this volume makes it clear that feminist issues are relevant to … Continue reading →

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Books received – Bagnato, Mandrou, Ginzburg, Puaud, Favret-Saada, Wilson

Posted on September 30, 2026 by stuartelden

Andrea Bagnato, Terra Infecta: Disease and the Italian Landscape; Robert Mandrou, From Humanism to Science 1480-1700; Carlo Ginzburg, Fear Reverence Terror; David Puaud, Foucault avant Foucault: Archéologie d’une jeunesse, Jeanne Favret-Saada, L’impossible famille Rivière: Retour sur un triple meutre en 1835 … Continue reading →

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Bill Angus and Lisa Hopkins eds. Reading the Coastline in Shakespeare’s Britain – Edinburgh University Press, October 2026

Posted on September 30, 2026 by stuartelden

Bill Angus and Lisa Hopkins eds. Reading the Coastline in Shakespeare’s Britain – Edinburgh University Press, October 2026

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Aristotle Kallis, Iconic Fascism: The Excess of Destruction and Creation in Interwar Radical Right-wing Politics – Bloomsbury, February 2026 and New Books discussion

Posted on September 29, 2026 by stuartelden

Aristotle Kallis, Iconic Fascism: The Excess of Destruction and Creation in Interwar Radical Right-wing Politics – Bloomsbury, February 2026 In Iconic Fascism, Aristotle Kallis uncovers the paradox at the heart of fascist politics: the simultaneous obsession with destroying and creating … Continue reading →

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Sander Verhaegh, Logical Positivism: An American History – Oxford University Press, September 2026

Posted on September 29, 2026 by stuartelden

Sander Verhaegh, Logical Positivism: An American History – Oxford University Press, September 2026 Logical Positivism: An American History tells the remarkable story of a group of European philosophers and scientists who fled fascism and reshaped American philosophy. Drawing on extensive archival … Continue reading →

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