Author Archives: stuartelden

Vanessa Christina Wills, Marx’s Ethical Vision – Oxford University Press, July 2024 “The communists do not preach morality at all”; this line from The Communist Manifesto might seem to settle the question of whether Marxism has anything to offer moral philosophy. … Continue reading →

Marco Bresciani, Learning from the Enemy: An Intellectual History of Antifascism in Interwar Europe – Verso, June 2024 The first comprehensive history of Italian revolutionary group Giustizia e Libertà When democracy is under threat from authoritarianism, models of resistance must come to … Continue reading →

Corey Ross, Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World – Princeton University Press, July 2024 In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more than a third of the land surface of the planet. … Continue reading →

Susan Slyomovics, Monuments Decolonized: Algeria’s French Colonial Heritage – Stanford University Press, July 2024 Introduction open access at the Stanford UP site; 20% discount code currently at http://www.sup.org with SLYOMOVICS20 (July 2024) “Statuomania” overtook Algeria beginning in the nineteenth century … Continue reading →

Martijn Konings, The Bailout State: Why Governments Rescue Banks, Not People – Polity, October 2024 How did we end up in a world where social programs are routinely cut in the name of market discipline and fiscal austerity, yet large … Continue reading →

A few links about working with archives. I’ve started a page on this site with these links. At the moment it is just the links below, but intended to be a work-in-progress page and I’ll add other things that look … Continue reading →

Jameson at 90: A Verso Blog Series Fredric Jameson turns 90 years old this month. To celebrate this milestone, we’re publishing a series of short essays focused on the major books in Jameson’s oeuvre. Several new entries added recently. Unintimidated languages – Daniel … Continue reading →