Author Archives: stuartelden

David Beer video interview with Katherine Hayles

Posted on June 25, 2025 by stuartelden

David Beer video interview with Katherine Hayles A few weeks ago I interviewed Katherine Hayles about writing, reading, using theory, being interdisciplinary and about various aspects of her books and ideas. The interview is now available as a video on the Media … Continue reading →

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Federico Marcon, Fascism: The History of a Word – University of Chicago Press, June 2025

Posted on June 25, 2025 by stuartelden

Federico Marcon, Fascism: The History of a Word – University of Chicago Press, June 2025 A wide-ranging history of the term “fascism,” what it has meant, and what it means today. The rise and popular support for authoritarianism around the world … Continue reading →

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Montserrat Herrero, Theopolitical Figures: Scripture, Prophecy, Oath, Charisma, Hospitality – Edinburgh University Press, paperback May 2025

Posted on June 24, 2025 by stuartelden

Montserrat Herrero, Theopolitical Figures: Scripture, Prophecy, Oath, Charisma, Hospitality – Edinburgh University Press, paperback May 2025

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Laura Cremonesi, Rita Fulco and Valentina Surace (eds.), Political Ontology, Community and Institutions – SUNY Press, May 2025

Posted on June 23, 2025 by stuartelden

Laura Cremonesi, Rita Fulco and Valentina Surace (eds.), Political Ontology, Community and Institutions – SUNY Press, May 2025 Focuses on key aspects of Robert Esposito’s thought and explores the ways in which some major contemporary thinkers have been crucial interlocutors … Continue reading →

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Pierre Yves-Testenoire, Les cours de Roman Jakobson à l’École Libre des Hautes Études: New York, 1942–1946 – De Gruyter, August 2025

Posted on June 23, 2025 by stuartelden

Pierre Yves-Testenoire, Les cours de Roman Jakobson à l’École Libre des Hautes Études: New York, 1942–1946 – De Gruyter, August 2025 Exiled in the United States during the Second World War, linguist Roman Jakobson gave a series of lectures at the … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre and the “Liste Otto” of Prohibited Books in Occupied France

Posted on June 22, 2025 by stuartelden

The “Liste Otto” was named after Otto Abetz, German ambassador to France under the Occupation, from August 1940 until the Liberation. The list indicated which books had to be removed from sale, with existing copies destroyed, after the German invasion … Continue reading →

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Shaina Potts, Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire – Duke University Press, September 2024

Posted on June 21, 2025 by stuartelden

Shaina Potts, Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire – Duke University Press, September 2024 Introduction open access at this link I’ve shared news of the book before, but there is now a New Books discussion with … Continue reading →

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Joseph Thomas Milburn ed. Haruki Murakami and Philosophical Concepts – Springer, 2025

Posted on June 21, 2025 by stuartelden

Joseph Thomas Milburn ed. Haruki Murakami and Philosophical Concepts – Springer, 2025 This book provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the work of the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, with a particular focus on the conceptual material of his work. It seeks to answer … Continue reading →

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Paul W. Schroeder, America’s Fatal Leap: 1991-2016 and Stealing Horses to Great Applause: The Origins of the First World War Reconsidered – Verso, February 2025, introductions by Perry Anderson

Posted on June 20, 2025 by stuartelden

Paul W. Schroeder, America’s Fatal Leap: 1991-2016 and Stealing Horses to Great Applause: The Origins of the First World War Reconsidered – Verso, February 2025, introductions by Perry Anderson A decisive analytic critique of US foreign policy by one of … Continue reading →

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Andreas Elpidorou and Josefa Ros Velasco (ed.), The History and Philosophy of Boredom – Routledge, June 2025

Posted on June 19, 2025 by stuartelden

Andreas Elpidorou and Josefa Ros Velasco (ed.), The History and Philosophy of Boredom – Routledge, June 2025

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