Author Archives: 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 (open access)

Posted on May 19, 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 As I was away, I’ve only just received the editor copies. The … Continue reading →

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Alexandre Koyré in Cairo

Posted on May 18, 2025 by stuartelden

This is a revised and expanded version of a post from September 2024 Alexandre Koyré’s teaching career was predominantly in Paris and the United States. Born in Russia, he studied in Paris and Germany, before beginning teaching at the École Pratique des Hautes … Continue reading →

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Books received – Vendryes, Critique, Jakobson & Pomorska, Rose, Zerelli, Nabokov & Wilson, Koyré, Wikander, Jakobson & Fischer-Jørgensen

Posted on May 17, 2025 by stuartelden

Mainly bought second-hand while in New York, but also the recent Critique issue on Canguilhem, the new translation of Stig Wikander, The Aryan Männerbund, and Linda M.G. Zerelli, A Democratic Theory of Truth.

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Michael Hagner, Seeing Foucault’s Pendulum: Between Science, Politics, and Art, trans. Robert Savage, Zone Books, September/November 2025

Posted on May 17, 2025 by stuartelden

Michael Hagner, Seeing Foucault’s Pendulum: Between Science, Politics, and Art, trans. Robert Savage, Zone Books, September/November 2025 In 1851, the physicist Léon Foucault performed an unforgettable experiment. By suspending a large pendulum inside the dome of Paris’ Pantheon, Foucault provided the … Continue reading →

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Alison Bashford, Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic – University of Chicago Press, November 2025

Posted on May 16, 2025 by stuartelden

Alison Bashford, Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic – University of Chicago Press, November 2025 The astonishing story of palmistry—from occultists to the very foundations of modern science and medicine.  Why did Isaac Newton read books on … Continue reading →

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David Eltis, Atlantic Cataclysm: Rethinking the Atlantic Slave Trades – Cambridge University Press, February 2025

Posted on May 15, 2025 by stuartelden

David Eltis, Atlantic Cataclysm: Rethinking the Atlantic Slave Trades – Cambridge University Press, February 2025 In this comprehensive work, David Eltis offers a two-thousand-year perspective on the trafficking of people, and boldly intervenes in the expansive discussions about slavery in … Continue reading →

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Darya Tsymbalyuk, Ecocide in Ukraine: The Environmental Cost of Russia’s War – Polity, June 2025

Posted on May 14, 2025 by stuartelden

Darya Tsymbalyuk, Ecocide in Ukraine: The Environmental Cost of Russia’s War – Polity, June 2025 Russia’s war on Ukraine has not only destroyed millions of human lives, it has also been catastrophic for the environment. Forests and fields have been … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and the Slovenian School of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: A Symposium – 14 June 2025, Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare, Hampton, UK

Posted on May 13, 2025 by stuartelden

Shakespeare and the Slovenian School of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: A Symposium The Shakespeare in Philosophy series now has a website (https://shakespeareinphilosophy.org), and is on Bluesky (@shakespeareinphilo.bsky.social) and Facebook This year’s event takes place on 14 June 2025, back in Garrick’s … Continue reading →

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Jen Rose Smith, Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic – Duke University Press, May 2025

Posted on May 12, 2025 by stuartelden

Jen Rose Smith, Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic – Duke University Press, May 2025 Ice animates the look and feel of climate change. It is melting faster than ever before, causing social upheaval … Continue reading →

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Alphonso Lingis, in memoriam

Posted on May 12, 2025 by stuartelden

Graham Harman with a tribute to Alphonso Lingis, who died a few days ago. Thanks also to dmf for a comment on a post with a link to a book about Lingis.

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