Author Archives: stuartelden

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 →

Giorgio Agamben, Self-Portrait in the Studio – The Paris Review, August 2024 A form of life that keeps itself in relation to a poetic practice, however that might be, is always in the studio, always in its studio. Its—but in … Continue reading →

David Matless, England’s Green: Nature and Culture since the 1960s – University of Chicago Press, August 2024 A sweeping history of how ecological challenges have shaped English society over the last sixty years. England’s Green explores how environmental concerns have shaped and … Continue reading →

K. Maria D. Lane, Fluid Geographies: Water, Science, and Settler Colonialism in New Mexico – University of Chicago Press, July 2024 An unprecedented analysis of the origin story of New Mexico’s modern water management system. Maria Lane’s Fluid Geographies traces New Mexico’s transition … Continue reading →

“A Different Open Access Model for Journals“, Daily Nous Recent discussion of open-access journals and their financing prompted a reader to share information about a different model for publishers and journals converting to open-access, known as “subscribe-to-open”. This model isn’t … Continue reading →