Author Archives: stuartelden

Taylor Knight, Merleau-Ponty and the Essence of Nature: A Return to Elemental Symbolism – Edinburgh University Press, 2024 Reconfigures our concept of nature through the concept of the element Taylor Knight reveals the way in which phenomenology initiates a return … Continue reading →

Ege Selin Islekel, Nightmare Remains: The Politics of Mourning and Epistemologies of Disappearance – Northwestern University Press, September 2024 Offering a political epistemology of collective mourning Focusing on forms of improper burial in Turkey and Latin America, Ege Selin Islekel … Continue reading →

Paul Simpson, Coexistence: Spacings, Dis-positions, and Being-with Others – Routledge, December 2024 very expensive hardback only unfortunately This book aims to develop an account of living together with difference which recognises the tension that we are inescapably with others – … Continue reading →

Jeremy F. Lane, Rancière’s Counter-sociology. Politics, History, Education – Palgrave, September 2024 Jacques Rancière is almost unique amongst contemporary thinkers in his consistent hostility to sociologically informed modes of interpretation. This hostility is not limited to his detailed critiques of Pierre Bourdieu—it … Continue reading →

“A dialogue between Bernard Geoghegan and Jussi Parikka” Thanks to dmf for the link.

Yuk Hui, Machine and Sovereignty: For a Planetary Thinking – University of Minnesota Press, October 2024 Developing a new political thought to address today’s planetary crises What is “planetary thinking” today? Arguing that a new approach is urgently needed, Yuk … Continue reading →

Nitzan Itzhak Lebovic, Homo Temporalis: German Jewish Thinkers on Time – Cornell University Press, January 2025 thanks to John Raimo for this link Homo Temporalis focuses on the importance of temporal concepts for four German Jewish thinkers who profoundly shaped twentieth-century … Continue reading →