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Gavin Healy, A Guide to Mao’s China: Showing the Nation to Foreign Guests – Cornell University Press, June 2026

Posted on March 7, 2026 by stuartelden

Gavin Healy, A Guide to Mao’s China: Showing the Nation to Foreign Guests – Cornell University Press, June 2026 A Guide to Mao’s China explores how personnel within China’s state tourism bureaucracy during the Mao era struggled to balance inbound foreign … Continue reading →

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Diego Donna, Spinoza and the Rise of Systems: Reception and Critique in the French Enlightenment – trans. Brent Waterhouse, Edinburgh University Press, February 2026

Posted on March 6, 2026 by stuartelden

Diego Donna, Spinoza and the Rise of Systems: Reception and Critique in the French Enlightenment – trans. Brent Waterhouse, Edinburgh University Press, February 2026

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Louis Blin, Napoléon et l’Islam, Erick Bonnier, 2025 and Napoléon et l’Arabie, forthcoming

Posted on March 5, 2026 by stuartelden

Louis Blin, Napoléon et l’Islam, Erick Bonnier, 2025 « La religion de Mahomet est la plus belle » ; « J’aime l’islam, vénère le Prophète, respecte le Coran » ; « J’aime mieux la religion de Mahomet. Elle est moins … Continue reading →

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Tilman Schwarze and Matt Dawson eds. The Anthem Companion to Henri Lefebvre – Anthem, March 2026

Posted on March 5, 2026 by stuartelden

Tilman Schwarze and Matt Dawson eds. The Anthem Companion to Henri Lefebvre – Anthem, March 2026 Now published – table of contents at the publisher page Reassesses Henri Lefebvre’s enduring relevance to sociology, examining themes from Marxism to urban life … Continue reading →

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Wendy Wolford, The Plantation Ideal: Landscapes of Extraction in Mozambique – University of California Press, November 2025 and New Books discussion

Posted on March 4, 2026 by stuartelden

Wendy Wolford, The Plantation Ideal: Landscapes of Extraction in Mozambique – University of California Press, November 2025 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link Plantations have been the privileged tool of colonial rule and … Continue reading →

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Roberto Esposito, The Faces of the Adversary: The Enigma of Jacob and the Angel – trans. Zakiya Hanati, Polity, February 2026

Posted on March 4, 2026 by stuartelden

Roberto Esposito, The Faces of the Adversary: The Enigma of Jacob and the Angel – trans. Zakiya Hanati, Polity, February 2026

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Afshin Matin-Asgari, Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations – Verso, January 2026

Posted on March 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Afshin Matin-Asgari, Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations – Verso, January 2026 A chronicle of intrigue and influence in the Iran-US entanglement Ironic plot twists and colorful characters abound in Afshin Matin-Asgari’s accessible history of relations between the … Continue reading →

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Amar Thorton and Katherine Harloe, Women Working the Past: Archaeology, History and Heritage in Britain, 1870–1950 – University of London Press, December 2026

Posted on March 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Amar Thorton and Katherine Harloe, Women Working the Past: Archaeology, History and Heritage in Britain, 1870–1950 – University of London Press, December 2026 This book offers a new history of women’s integral contribution to archaeology, history, and heritage in nineteenth- … Continue reading →

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‘A Line Is Followed, a Strategy Is Constructed – An Interview with Henri Lefebvre (1979)’, trans. Roberto Mozzachiodi, Historical Materialism (open access)

Posted on March 2, 2026 by stuartelden

‘A Line Is Followed, a Strategy Is Constructed – An Interview with Henri Lefebvre (1979)’, trans. Roberto Mozzachiodi, Historical Materialism (open access) This interview with Henri Lefebvre was conducted for the French Communist Party (PCF) journal La Nouvelle Critique in … Continue reading →

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Jan Eijking, The Technocratic International: Experts and the Making of a World from Nowhere – Oxford University Press, July 2026

Posted on March 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Jan Eijking, The Technocratic International: Experts and the Making of a World from Nowhere – Oxford University Press, July 2026 Most international organisations today-from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the World Health Organisation-present themselves as technical institutions separate from political … Continue reading →

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