Author Archives: stuartelden

Matthew Ritger, Houses of Correction: Carceral Institutions and Humanist Culture in Early Modern England – University of Pennsylvania Press, May 2026 New Books network discussion with Jane Degenhardt The first book-length literary history of some of early modern Europe’s most … Continue reading →

Alex Gekker, Maps as Media – Polity, July 2026 Maps have escaped from the confines of road atlases or decorative frames to being ubiquitous on our screens. Using a GPS while driving, looking for a shop on Google Maps, or … Continue reading →

Andrew Littlejohn, We Live with the Sea: Ecologizing Safety in Post-Tsunami Japan – Duke University Press, July 2026 Introduction open access at the above link In We Live with the Sea, Andrew Littlejohn addresses the implementation and controversy surrounding safety infrastructures … Continue reading →

Ming Dong Gu, The Fusion of Intellectual Horizons in Chinese and Western Thought – Edinburgh University Press, June 2026 Offers a convergence of ideas as the basis for a contemporary universalism with global values Ming Dong Gu bridges the divide … Continue reading →

Charles Lincoln, Gods, Judges and Presidents: Trifunctional Archetypes in American Law and Government – Bloomsbury, August 2026 Charles Lincoln interprets the U.S. Constitution through the mythic and psychological lens of Georges Dumézil’s trifunctional framework-priest, warrior, and producer-linking it to thinkers … Continue reading →

Nicholas de Genova and Daniel I. Morales eds., Toward Border Abolition: Migrant Studies and the Law – Duke University Press, August 2026 Introduction open access at the above link Toward Border Abolition is an interdisciplinary exploration of border abolition that brings … Continue reading →

Thomás Zicman de Barros, Radical Democracy, Populism and Desire: Inside the Yellow Vests Movement – Edinburgh University Press, July 2026

Miguel Vatter, Machiavelli and the Religion of the Ancients: Platonism and Radical Republicanism – Edinburgh University Press, July 2026