Author Archives: stuartelden

Andy Merrifield, “Lefebvre-Proust-Breton” — Notes on a Triple Encounter

Posted on October 14, 2026 by stuartelden
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Michael C. Zeller, Demobilising the Far Right: Patterns and Processes from Demonstration Campaigns in Germany, England and Austria – Cambridge University Press, May 2026

Posted on October 14, 2026 by stuartelden

Michael C. Zeller, Demobilising the Far Right: Patterns and Processes from Demonstration Campaigns in Germany, England and Austria – Cambridge University Press, May 2026 Demobilising the Far Right focuses on dynamics of mobilisation, counter-mobilisation, and state coercion to offer a … Continue reading →

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Douglas Kellner and Rainer Winter eds. Research Handbook on Critical Theory – Edward Elgar, September 2026

Posted on October 13, 2026 by stuartelden

Douglas Kellner and Rainer Winter eds. Research Handbook on Critical Theory – Edward Elgar, September 2026 This insightful Research Handbook examines the development and continuing relevance of critical theory. Expert contributors assess the central concepts and differing research perspectives, providing … Continue reading →

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Adam Geczy, Georg Lukács Reinvented: Realism in Contemporary Culture – Bloomsbury, November 2026

Posted on October 13, 2026 by stuartelden

Adam Geczy, Georg Lukács Reinvented: Realism in Contemporary Culture – Bloomsbury, November 2026 The first study to make use of Lukàcs’s theory of realism to understand contemporary cultural phenomena more broadly and in the fields of art and television in … Continue reading →

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Le Nouvel Obs hors série – Michel Foucault Le visionnaire

Posted on October 12, 2026 by stuartelden

A special issue of Le Nouvel Obs – Michel Foucault Le visionnaire Includes pieces by  Judith Butler, Michaël Fœssel, Michelle Perrot, Mathieu Potte-Bonneville, Didier Fassin and others, and an excerpt from the soon-to-be-published La Croisade des enfants. Thanks to Arnaud … Continue reading →

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Nasar Meer, The Social Life of Justice – Polity, September 2026

Posted on October 12, 2026 by stuartelden

Nasar Meer, The Social Life of Justice – Polity, September 2026 In an age of crisis and uncertainty, Nasar Meer asks what justice means in an unjust world, and how it might be sustained in uncertain times. The Social Life of … Continue reading →

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Forty years since the death of Georges Dumézil and fifty since that of Émile Benveniste

Posted on October 11, 2026 by stuartelden

Today marks forty years since the death of Georges Dumézil (1898-1986); it was fifty years since the death of Émile Benveniste (1902-1976) a few days ago. Benveniste and Dumézil are the main focus of my very long manuscript Mapping Indo-European … Continue reading →

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Jean-Paul Sartre’s Situations and the chronology of his exchange with Claude Lefort about communism

Posted on October 11, 2026 by stuartelden

Back in 2024 I complained about how hard it was to navigate Jean-Paul Sartre’s Situations. I went looking for the French version of “What is a Collaborator?”, only to find it was in volume III of the original edition and volume II … Continue reading →

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La Bibliothèque nationale de France célèbre le centenaire de Michel Foucault (2026)

Posted on October 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Details of the Bibliothèque nationale de France sent for Foucault’s centenary.

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Richard Wilson, Shakespeare’s Fascist Followers – Bloomsbury, September 2025; paperback April 2027

Posted on October 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Richard Wilson, Shakespeare’s Fascist Followers – Bloomsbury, September 2025; paperback April 2027 Pleased to see a paperback of this important book listed for April 2027. Here you can read my opening remarks to a roundtable celebrating the book at an … Continue reading →

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