Category Archives: Hélène Legotien

Should we teach Louis Althusser? Can we give a voice to Hélène Legotien?

Posted on November 1, 2026 by stuartelden

I’m teaching a level 3 option on European Political Theory again this term, for the first time in several years. ‘European’ is used loosely to designate a tradition, rather than all the theorists being European by citizenship. This allows me … Continue reading →

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Books received – Dupuis-Déri, Drouet, Mbembe, Ginzburg, Connor, Lorenzini

Posted on August 5, 2026 by stuartelden

Mostly books I’ve mentioned here before – Francis Dupuis-Déri, Killer Althusser: The Banality of Men – trans. Mélissa Bull; Pascale Drouet, Shakespeare and the Denial of Territory: Banishment, Abuse of Power and Strategies of Resistance; Achille Mbembe, Brutalism; Carlo Ginzburg, Threads and Traces; … Continue reading →

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Francis Dupuis-Déri – Killer Althusser: The Banality of Men – trans. Mélissa Bull, Between the Lines, June 2025

Posted on July 28, 2026 by stuartelden

Francis Dupuis-Déri – Killer Althusser: The Banality of Men – trans. Mélissa Bull, Between the Lines, June 2025 On November 16, 1980, the Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser strangled his wife in their Parisian apartment, in a period when she was … Continue reading →

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Johanna Luyssen, Les Fragments d’Hélène – Julliard, September 2025

Posted on November 19, 2025 by stuartelden

Johanna Luyssen, Les Fragments d’Hélène – Julliard, September 2025 J’ai mis des années avant d’oser écrire sur Hélène. Elle n’était pas que l’étranglée de la rue d’Ulm. Elle était un mystère, une femme aux multiples identités, une personnalité opaque, hermétique … Continue reading →

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