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Jacques Derrida, La Chose Séminaire (1975-1977) Suivi de la 6e séance de Donner le temps II – ed. Philippe Lynes, Seuil, May 2026

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stuartelden

Jacques Derrida, La Chose Séminaire (1975-1977) Suivi de la 6e séance de Donner le temps II – ed. Philippe Lynes, Seuil, May 2026 Entre 1975 et 1977, Jacques Derrida s’engage dans un séminaire énigmatique, voire obscur au premier abord, intitulé La Chose. Ce … Continue reading →

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The Selected Writings of Marc Bloch: Essays from the Annales School, 1914-1944 – ed. and trans. Iona Singh, Bloomsbury, August 2026

Posted on June 23, 2026 by stuartelden

The Selected Writings of Marc Bloch: Essays from the Annales School, 1914-1944 – ed. and trans. Iona Singh, Bloomsbury, August 2026 This book brings a selection of the influential writings of Marc Bloch into the English language, largely for the … Continue reading →

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Initial Thoughts on Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm’s The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History

Posted on June 21, 2026 by stuartelden

There was a lot I learned, and much I liked, about Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm’s recently published The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History (University of Chicago Press, 2026). There was also a great deal which has … Continue reading →

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Isabel Karremann ed. Shakespeare / Space: Contemporary Readings in Spatiality, Culture and Drama – Bloomsbury, 2024, paperback December 2026

Posted on June 20, 2026 by stuartelden

Isabel Karremann ed. Shakespeare / Space: Contemporary Readings in Spatiality, Culture and Drama – Bloomsbury, 2024, paperback December 2026 Shakespeare / Space explores new approaches to the enactment of ‘space’ in and through Shakespeare’s plays, as well as to the material, cognitive and … Continue reading →

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Giacomo Clemente, Knowledge, Ideology, Reproduction: The Scholastic Apparatus in Louis Althusser and the Althusserian School – trans. Fabio Gironi, Haymarket Books, May 2026

Posted on June 19, 2026 by stuartelden

Giacomo Clemente, Knowledge, Ideology, Reproduction: The Scholastic Apparatus in Louis Althusser and the Althusserian School – trans. Fabio Gironi, Haymarket Books, May 2026 The first book-length examination of the theses developed by Louis Althusser and his collaborators on the processes of class-based … Continue reading →

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Derek Hook and Sinan Richards eds. Fanon and Lacan: Decolonial Psychoanalysis – Routledge, October 2026

Posted on June 18, 2026 by stuartelden

Derek Hook and Sinan Richards eds. Fanon and Lacan: Decolonial Psychoanalysis – Routledge, October 2026 Fanon and Lacan: Decolonial Psychoanalysis explores the influence of psychoanalysis on Frantz Fanon’s thought and delves into Fanon’s innovative use of psychoanalysis as a way of … Continue reading →

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Roger D. Woodard ed. The Cambridge World History of Mythology and Mythography – Cambridge University Press, two volumes, February 2027

Posted on June 16, 2026 by stuartelden

Roger D. Woodard ed. The Cambridge World History of Mythology and Mythography – Cambridge University Press, two volumes, February 2027: volume 1; volume 2 The Cambridge History of Mythology and Mythography offers a comprehensive overview of the history, theory, and … Continue reading →

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Jean de Menasce and Émile Benveniste as translators of T.S. Eliot

Posted on June 14, 2026 by stuartelden

The importance of Jean de Menasce to the life of Émile Benveniste has long been known. A former student of Benveniste in his Iranian courses at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Menasce later taught at the University of Fribourg, … Continue reading →

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Alberto Toscano, Communism in Philosophy: Essays on Alain Badiou and Toni Negri – Brill, May 2025; paperback Haymarket June 2026

Posted on June 11, 2026 by stuartelden

Alberto Toscano, Communism in Philosophy: Essays on Alain Badiou and Toni Negri – Brill, May 2025; paperback Haymarket June 2026 A new collection of essays on two of the most important communist philosophers of our time: Alain Badiou and Toni … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Stob, The Situationist International and the Social Space of Film: With and Against Cinema – Routledge, June 2026

Posted on June 8, 2026 by stuartelden

Jennifer Stob, The Situationist International and the Social Space of Film: With and Against Cinema – Routledge, June 2026 This book explores the Situationist International’s paradoxical relationship with cinema from 1957 to 1972. The SI was a postwar avant-garde that … Continue reading →

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