Author Archives: stuartelden

Critique 935 – Après Canguilhem: Nouveaux dialogues entre médecine et philosophie « Ôtez Canguilhem et vous ne comprenez plus grand-chose à toute une série de discussions. » Par ces mots, Michel Foucault faisait de Georges Canguilhem l’invisible clef de voûte de la … Continue reading →

Matteo Vagelli, Reconsidering Historical Epistemology: French and Anglophone Styles in History and Philosophy of Science – Springer, 2024 This book explores the key conceptual stakes underpinning historical epistemology. The strong Anglophone interest in historical epistemology, since at least the 1990s, is typically … Continue reading →

Alain Corbin, Fragility: A History of Plaster, trans. Helen Morrison – Polity, June 2025 The distant past is commonly characterized in terms of dominant materials of the time – the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, etc. Since … Continue reading →

Garrett Felber, A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre – AK Books, May 2025 We’re really excited to be working with AK Press on the preorder campaign for this new book on Buffalo legend, Martin Sostre! For each … Continue reading →

Todd Meyers, Gone Gone – Duke University Press, March 2025 In Gone Gone, Todd Meyers reckons with grief in the face of overdose death and with the afterlives of loss created by the opioid crisis. Through conversations with friends, lovers, and … Continue reading →

Christopher Watkin, The State of Nature and the Shaping of Modernity: Tracing the Roots of Colonialism, Secularity, and Ecology – Cambridge University Press, December 2025 The state of nature is a powerful idea at the heart of the fragmented and sometimes … Continue reading →

Alice Mattoni ed., Handbook of Progressive Politics – Edward Elgar, March 2025 In this engaging Handbook, Alice Mattoni brings together an international team of scholars to provide a multifaceted exploration of progressive politics. Contributing authors expertly discuss progressive politics within … Continue reading →