Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Duras, Ruyer, Deleuze, Meiches, Negri, Dosse, Samson

Posted on October 27, 2025 by stuartelden

Mostly books from University of Minnesota Press, in recompense for review work, and Maxim Samson, Earth Shapers, sent by University of Chicago Press. The UMP books are Marguerite Duras, Writing; Raymond Ruyer, Neofinalism; Gilles Deleuze, On Painting; Benjamin Meiches, The … Continue reading →

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Joseph Falaky Nagy review of the new edition of Georges Dumézil, Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty (both review and book open access)

Posted on October 27, 2025 by stuartelden

Joseph Falaky Nagy generously reviews the new edition of Georges Dumézil, Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty, trans. Derek Coltman, ed. Stuart Elden, from Hau Books in Journal of Folklore Research Reviews. Both the journal and the … Continue reading →

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Julian Schmid, Marvel, DC and US Security: The Superhero Genre and Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century – Edinburgh University Press, October 2025

Posted on October 27, 2025 by stuartelden

Julian Schmid, Marvel, DC and US Security: The Superhero Genre and Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century – Edinburgh University Press, October 2025 Explores how Hollywood’s superhero genre has shaped US foreign policy and security discourses

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Roman Jakobson’s paper to The First World Conference on Yiddish Studies, 1958: “The Languages of the Diaspora as a Particular Linguistic Problem”

Posted on October 26, 2025 by stuartelden

In an earlier piece in the ‘Sunday Histories’ series, I discussed the work Roman Jakobson did for Franz Boas on the Paleo-Siberian and Aleutian material at the New York Public Library. In his initial time in the United States, as a refugee from … Continue reading →

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Relectures féministes de Michel Foucault. Colloque International (2025)

Posted on October 25, 2025 by stuartelden

Relectures féministes de Michel Foucault. Colloque International (2025) – via Foucault News

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William Paris, Race, Time, and Utopia: Critical Theory and the Process of Emancipation – Oxford University Press, 2025 and NDPR review

Posted on October 25, 2025 by stuartelden

William Paris, Race, Time, and Utopia: Critical Theory and the Process of Emancipation – Oxford University Press, 2025 NDPR review by Aaron Berman Racial injustice, at its core, is the domination of time. Utopia has been one response to this domination. … Continue reading →

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Siniša Malešević, Nationalism as a Way of Life: The Rise and Transformation of Modern Subjectivities – Cambridge University Press, November 2025

Posted on October 24, 2025 by stuartelden

Siniša Malešević, Nationalism as a Way of Life: The Rise and Transformation of Modern Subjectivities – Cambridge University Press, November 2025

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Joseph Petek and Brian G. Henning eds. Whitehead at Harvard, 1925-1927 – Edinburgh University Press, August 2025

Posted on October 23, 2025 by stuartelden

Joseph Petek and Brian G. Henning eds. Whitehead at Harvard, 1925-1927 – Edinburgh University Press, August 2025

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The Andrea Rosenthal Memorial Lecture – “Émile Benveniste, the Second World War and the Making of the Vocabulary of Indo-European Institutions”, Brown University, 22 October 2025, 5.30pm

Posted on October 22, 2025 by stuartelden

The Andrea Rosenthal Memorial Lecture – “Émile Benveniste, the Second World War and the Making of the Vocabulary of Indo-European Institutions”, Brown University, 22 October 2025, 5.30pm The Comparative Literature Department cordially invites you to join us for Émile Benveniste, the … Continue reading →

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Aleks Krotoski, The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life – Bodley Head, October 2025

Posted on October 22, 2025 by stuartelden

Aleks Krotoski, The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life – Bodley Head, October 2025 Thanks to Adalbert Saurma for the link. From the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the philosopher’s stone, humanity’s eternal … Continue reading →

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