Author Archives: stuartelden

St Andrews and Nottingham talks on the ‘Indo-European’ project – audio recordings

Posted on March 21, 2025 by stuartelden

A couple of audio recordings of talks I’ve given on my ‘Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France‘ project. There is background on the project and some other recordings, updates on the research, short pieces and research resources at that page. … Continue reading →

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Moritz Föllmer, The Quest for Individual Freedom: A Twentieth-Century European History – Cambridge University Press, March 2025

Posted on March 21, 2025 by stuartelden

Moritz Föllmer, The Quest for Individual Freedom: A Twentieth-Century European History – Cambridge University Press, March 2025 What does it mean to see oneself as free? And how can this freedom be attained in times of conflict and social upheaval? … Continue reading →

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Ada Palmer, Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age – University of Chicago Press, March 2025

Posted on March 20, 2025 by stuartelden

Ada Palmer, Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age – University of Chicago Press, March 2025 From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (we’re told) heralds the dawning of a new world—a halcyon … Continue reading →

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Jerome C. Wakefield, Foucault Versus Freud: Oedipal Theory and the Deployment of Sexuality – Routledge, July 2024

Posted on March 19, 2025 by stuartelden

Jerome C. Wakefield, Foucault Versus Freud: Oedipal Theory and the Deployment of Sexuality – Routledge, July 2024 I missed this when it came out last year, but looks interesting – Wakefield was part of Foucault’s 1983 seminar at Berkeley, which is why … Continue reading →

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Julia Rose Kraut, Threat of Dissent: A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States – Harvard University Press, March 2023

Posted on March 18, 2025 by stuartelden

Julia Rose Kraut, Threat of Dissent: A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States – Harvard University Press, March 2023 Beginning with the Alien Friends Act of 1798, the United States has passed laws in the name … Continue reading →

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Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Shame: A Revolutionary Emotion, trans. Andrew James Bliss – Verso, May 2025

Posted on March 18, 2025 by stuartelden

Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Shame: A Revolutionary Emotion, trans. Andrew James Bliss – Verso, May 2025 An original reflection on shame as the central feeling of our age — the expression of an anger that is the necessary condition … Continue reading →

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Etienne Anheim and Paul Pasquali, Bourdieu et Panofsky: Essai d’archéologie intellectuelle, suivi de leur correspondance inédite – Éditions de Minuit, March 2025

Posted on March 17, 2025 by stuartelden

Etienne Anheim and Paul Pasquali, Bourdieu et Panofsky: Essai d’archéologie intellectuelle, suivi de leur correspondance inédite – Éditions de Minuit, March 2025 Ce livre raconte, à partir d’archives inédites, l’histoire de la rencontre entre deux figures emblématiques des sciences humaines … Continue reading →

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Hannah Arendt, David Farrell Krell and the early English translations of Heidegger

Posted on March 16, 2025 by stuartelden

Some years ago, when I was working on Heidegger, I read David Farrell Krell’s “Work Sessions with Martin Heidegger” essay. These were sessions in which Krell discussed some of Heidegger’s vocabulary and worked with him on possible English renderings, as … Continue reading →

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John Berger, Bento’s Sketchbook; Hold Everything Dear; Permanent Red – reissues from Verso

Posted on March 15, 2025 by stuartelden

John Berger, reissues from Verso Bento’s Sketchbook A deeply moving exploration of the relationship between thinking and drawing, from the author of the groundbreaking Ways of Seeing The seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza (a.k.a. Bento) spent the most intense years of his … Continue reading →

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Noam Leshem, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land – University of Chicago Press, January 2025 and New Books network discussion with Roberto Mazza

Posted on March 14, 2025 by stuartelden

Noam Leshem, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land – University of Chicago Press, January 2025 I’ve shared news of the book before, but there is a New Books network discussion with Roberto Mazza – thanks to … Continue reading →

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