Author Archives: stuartelden

A panel discussion of Chris Philo, Adorno and the Antifascist Geographical Imagination, London Group of Historical Geographers, 27 May 2025, 5.30pm, online

Posted on March 27, 2025 by stuartelden

27 May 2025, 5.30pm, discussion of Chris Philo, Adorno and the Antifascist Geographical Imagination (Edinburgh University Press, June 2025) London Group of Historical Geographers

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MEGA (from the Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism) – translated at Historical Materialism by Kaan Kangal

Posted on March 26, 2025 by stuartelden

MEGA (from the Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism) – translated at Historical Materialism by Kaan Kangal Translation of the entry ‘MEGA’ in the Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism (Historisch-Kritisches Wörterbuch des Marxismus[HKWM]), vol. 9/I (Hamburg: Argument, 2018), pp. 388-404. Part I written by Rolf … Continue reading →

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Robert Lucas Scott, Reading Hegel: Irony, Recollection, Critique – University of Chicago Press, March 2025

Posted on March 25, 2025 by stuartelden

Robert Lucas Scott, Reading Hegel: Irony, Recollection, Critique – University of Chicago Press, March 2025 The relationship between Hegel and literary theory has for a long time been both contested and paradoxical. On the one hand, “theory” is often skeptical … Continue reading →

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Open Letter from CRMEP Students & Researchers on Kingston University’s Proposed Closure of the Department of Humanities

Posted on March 25, 2025 by stuartelden

Open Letter from CRMEP Students & Researchers on Kingston University’s Proposed Closure of the Department of Humanities

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Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 27: more archive work on Saussure, Blanchot, Foucault, Jakobson and Koyré, two recordings, and a talk at the University at Buffalo

Posted on March 24, 2025 by stuartelden

I’ve been doing a lot more work in archives in the United States for this project over the past few weeks. I had a few days up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which was even colder than New York. There, I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Koyré, Claude Lévi-Strauss, David Farrell Krell, Emile Benveniste, Ernst Kantorowicz, Ferdinand de Saussure, Georges Dumézil, Hannah Arendt, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Blanchot, Michel Foucault, Mircea Eliade, Roman Jakobson | 1 Comment

David H. Pinkney, Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris – Princeton University Press, reedition, March 2025

Posted on March 24, 2025 by stuartelden

David H. Pinkney, Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris – Princeton University Press, reedition, March 2025 Between 1850 and 1870, Napoleon III and his Prefect of the Seine, Baron Haussmann, created the modern city of Paris out of the congested … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault and Richard Sennett’s 1980 NYU seminar on “Sexuality and Solitude” – some notes on attendance and readings

Posted on March 23, 2025 by stuartelden

The “Sexuality and Solitude” lecture was delivered by Richard Sennett and Michel Foucault to the New York Institute for the Humanities on 20 November 1980 at 5.30pm. It was held in the Tishman Auditorium of Vanderbilt Hall on Washington Square. … Continue reading →

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Juliet Fall, Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography – EPFL Press, April 2025

Posted on March 22, 2025 by stuartelden

Juliet Fall, Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography – EPFL Press, April 2025, distributed by University of Chicago Press I’ve mentioned the French version Bornées: Une histoire illustrée de la frontière before; but the English also … Continue reading →

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Martin Albrow, Integrity: The Rise of a Distinctive Western Idea and its Destiny – Polity, January 2025

Posted on March 22, 2025 by stuartelden

Martin Albrow, Integrity: The Rise of a Distinctive Western Idea and its Destiny – Polity, January 2025 Public life is dominated from time to time by media storms around integrity. The behaviour of elected political leaders has led many to … Continue reading →

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St Andrews and Nottingham talks on the ‘Indo-European’ project – audio recordings

Posted on March 21, 2025 by stuartelden

A couple of audio recordings of talks I’ve given on my ‘Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France‘ project. There is background on the project and some other recordings, updates on the research, short pieces and research resources at that page. … Continue reading →

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