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Marco Filoni, The Life and Thought of Alexandre Kojève, trans. David Broder, Northwestern University Press, July 2025

Posted on March 11, 2025 by stuartelden

Marco Filoni, The Life and Thought of Alexandre Kojève, trans. David Broder, Northwestern University Press, July 2025 Alexandre Kojève is one of the twentieth century’s most seductive and intriguing figures. A product of the Russian merchant bourgeoisie, he became, depending … Continue reading →

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Georges Dumézil, Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty, translated by Derek Coltman, edited by Stuart Elden, afterword by Veena Das – HAU books, December 2024 (now open access)

Posted on March 10, 2025 by stuartelden

Georges Dumézil, Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty, translated by Derek Coltman, edited by Stuart Elden, afterword by Veena Das – HAU books, December 2024 Pleased to say that the book is now available as an open-access … Continue reading →

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Alexandre Koyré’s Wartime Teaching at the École Libre des Hautes Études and the New School

Posted on March 9, 2025 by stuartelden

In 1940, Alexandre Koyré was persuaded by Charles de Gaulle’s government in exile that he could make his most useful contribution to the French war effort by moving to New York and acting as secretary general of the planned École … Continue reading →

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Geoff M. Boucher, Critical Theory and the Authoritarian Personality – Edinburgh University Press, January 2025

Posted on March 8, 2025 by stuartelden

Geoff M. Boucher, Critical Theory and the Authoritarian Personality – Edinburgh University Press, January 2025

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Seyla Benhabib and Ayelet Shahar (eds.), Lawless Zones, Rightless Subjects: Migration, Asylum and Shifting Borders – Cambridge University Press, January 2025 (print and open access)

Posted on March 7, 2025 by stuartelden

Seyla Benhabib and Ayelet Shahar (eds.), Lawless Zones, Rightless Subjects: Migration, Asylum and Shifting Borders – Cambridge University Press, January 2025 (print and open access)

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Leigh Jenco, Paulina Ochoa Espejo and Murad Idris, Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction – Sage, March 2025

Posted on March 7, 2025 by stuartelden

Leigh Jenco, Paulina Ochoa Espejo and Murad Idris, Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction – Sage, March 2025 This groundbreaking work presents a transformative perspective on political theory. This text is not just an introduction to political theory, it’s … Continue reading →

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The Other Bataille: An Interview with Benjamin Noys and Alberto Toscano – Journal of the History of Ideas blog

Posted on March 6, 2025 by stuartelden

The Other Bataille: An Interview with Benjamin Noys and Alberto Toscano On the occasion of the publication of the second volume of Bataille’s Critical Essays, which collects previously untranslated texts by George Bataille, Jared Bly interviewed its editors, Benjamin Noys and Alberto Toscano. … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, “Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France”, History of European Ideas, Vol 51 No 2, 2025, 276-89 (open access)

Posted on March 6, 2025 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden, “Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France“, History of European Ideas, Vol 51 No 2, 276-89, 2025. This has been online first for a while, but has now appeared in an issue. Available open access. This article discusses … Continue reading →

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The rediscovery of the typescripts of Foucault’s History of Madness and introduction and translation of Kant’s Anthropology, annotated by Foucault

Posted on March 5, 2025 by stuartelden

This is very interesting – the discovery of typescript versions of Foucault’s History of Madness and introduction and translation of Kant’s Anthropology, annotated by Foucault – Emmanuel le Doeff, À la découverte des thèses annotées de Michel Foucault (open access, … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre and Patrick Tort, “The Lukács Question”, translated by Federico Testa, edited and introduced by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, Historical Materialism (open access)

Posted on March 5, 2025 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre and Patrick Tort, “The Lukács Question”, translated by Federico Testa, edited and introduced by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, Historical Materialism. Now available online first and open access. This developed out of the work that went into Henri … Continue reading →

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