Author Archives: stuartelden

Ute Wittstock, Marseille 1940: The Flight of Literature, trans. Daniel Bowles – Polity, May 2025 June 1940: France surrenders to Germany. The Gestapo is searching for Heinrich Mann and Franz Werfel, Hannah Arendt, Lion Feuchtwanger and many other writers and … Continue reading →

Richard L. Smith and Edmond Smith – Global Trade in the Premodern World: Thematic Approaches to Routes, Realms, and Networks – Routledge, June 2025 Global Trade in the Premodern World offers an authoritative and expansive history of exchange and interaction across … Continue reading →

Georgios Varouxakis, The West: The History of an Idea, Princeton University Press, July 2025 update October 2025: New Books discussion with Morteza Hajizadeh How did “the West” come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did … Continue reading →

Roger D. Woodard, Myth, Ritual, and Society in Mycenaean Anatolia: Identifying Asian Influences – Cambridge University Press, August 2025

Tom Parr, Empowering Workers in an Age of Automation: Social Justice, Technology, and the Future of Work – Oxford University Press, June 2025 Empowering Workers in an Age of Automation explores how labour market policymakers should respond to the threats and opportunities … Continue reading →

Richard Groulx, Penser la guerre avec Michel Foucault – Harmattan, two volumes, May 2025 Tome I: De la guerre des races au racisme d’État Au fond de la politique, qu’y a-t-il sinon la guerre ? Et cette guerre, comment la … Continue reading →