Author Archives: stuartelden

Paul Langley and Andrew Leyshon, Fintech Capital: The Digital Transformation of Everyday Money and Finance – Zone, July 2026

Posted on January 28, 2026 by stuartelden

Paul Langley and Andrew Leyshon, Fintech Capital: The Digital Transformation of Everyday Money and Finance – Zone, July 2026 How people pay, make savings and investments, buy insurance, and take on debt is undergoing digital transformation across the globe. This book argues … Continue reading →

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Books received – Nietzsche, Eco, Todorov, Zurn, Serres, Wheatland, Jakobson

Posted on January 28, 2026 by stuartelden

Mostly in recompense for review work for De Gruyter – the two expensive Jakobson volumes; for University of Minnesota Press – Michel Serres, Hermes I: Communication; Thomas Wheatland, The Frankfurt School in Exile; and Perry Zurn, Curiosity and Power: The … Continue reading →

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Stephen Legg, Spaces of Anticolonialism: Delhi’s Urban Governmentalities – University of Georgia Press, March 2025 and New Books discussion

Posted on January 27, 2026 by stuartelden

Stephen Legg, Spaces of Anticolonialism: Delhi’s Urban Governmentalities – University of Georgia Press, March 2025 I’ve shared news of the book before. There is now a New Books discussion with Saumya Dadoo – thanks to dmf for the link Spaces … Continue reading →

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István Hont, Political Economy from Pufendorf to Marx: Culture, Needs and Property Rights – eds. Lasse S. Andersen, Béla Kapossy, Richard Whatmore, Cambridge University Press, January 2026

Posted on January 27, 2026 by stuartelden

István Hont, Political Economy from Pufendorf to Marx: Culture, Needs and Property Rights – eds. Lasse S. Andersen, Béla Kapossy, Richard Whatmore, Cambridge University Press, January 2026 Thanks to Duncan Bell for the link

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Peter Johnson, Philosophy for a Time of Crisis: Michel Serres and Climate Change – independently published, January 2026

Posted on January 26, 2026 by stuartelden

Peter Johnson, Philosophy for a Time of Crisis: Michel Serres and Climate Change – independently published, January 2026

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Roy Scranton, Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress – Stanford University Press, August 2025 and NDPR review

Posted on January 26, 2026 by stuartelden

Roy Scranton, Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress – Stanford University Press, August 2025 We need a new realism in the face of global climate catastrophe. Extreme heat, fires, floods, and storms are transforming our planet. Yet instead of … Continue reading →

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Roland Barthes and the Question of Territory – Animals, Spaces and Sound

Posted on January 25, 2026 by stuartelden

Roland Barthes only taught at the Collège de France for a short period, from the 1976-77 academic year until shortly before his premature death in early 1980. I was drawn to his lecture courses there for my current work because he sometimes … Continue reading →

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Isabel Feichtner, Susanne Heeg, Anne Klingenmeier, Gesine Langlotz and Katja Schubel  eds., Stadt – Land – Boden: Verbindende Bodenpolitik zwischen Stadt und Land – transcript, August 2025, open access

Posted on January 24, 2026 by stuartelden

Isabel Feichtner, Susanne Heeg, Anne Klingenmeier, Gesine Langlotz and Katja Schubel  eds., Stadt – Land – Boden: Verbindende Bodenpolitik zwischen Stadt und Land – transcript, August 2025, open access Bodenpolitische Fragen sind zukunftsweisend, denn sie entscheiden über Erhalt oder Zerstörung unserer … Continue reading →

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Chris O’Kane, Social Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination in Marx, Lukács, Adorno, and Lefebvre – Brill, March 2026

Posted on January 23, 2026 by stuartelden

Chris O’Kane, Social Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination in Marx, Lukács, Adorno, and Lefebvre – Brill, March 2026 The Marxian theory of fetishism is usually interpreted as a theory of false consciousness, alienation, or reification pertaining to commodities or culture. … Continue reading →

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Christophe Bouton, Sur les traces du temps – Minuit, 2026

Posted on January 22, 2026 by stuartelden

Christophe Bouton, Sur les traces du temps – Minuit, 2026 thanks to John Raimo for the link Qu’est-ce que le temps ? Constitue-t-il une réalité autonome ou une simple relation entre les êtres ? Un élément irréductible du monde ou … Continue reading →

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