Category Archives: Marc Bloch

Nicholas Mulder, “Total Historian” – on Marc Bloch (and some of the recent publications by or on Bloch)

Posted on October 24, 2026 by stuartelden

Nicholas Mulder, “Total Historian” – on Marc Bloch. Thanks to dmf for the link As the piece indicates, Bloch’s entry into the Pantheon has seen several reissues or new publications, some of which are pictured above, and most of which … Continue reading →

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Books received – Ginzburg, Bachelard, Shatz, de Beauvoir, Pallares-Burke, De Genova & Morales, Stob

Posted on August 21, 2026 by stuartelden

Carlo Ginzburg, Dialogue avec Marc Bloch (a collection of his texts from various places); the critical edition of Gaston Bachelard, La rationalism appliqué; Adam Shatz, The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon; Simone de Beauvoir, Une fois que … Continue reading →

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Books received (2) – Bloch, Wolff, Butler, Sloterdijk, Erdur, Klein-Gousseff, Ginzburg

Posted on July 27, 2026 by stuartelden

Two recent editions of texts by Marc Bloch, Étienne Wolff’s Science des monstres, two recent books by Judith Butler, Who’s Afraid of Gender? and What World is This? A Pandemic Phenomenology, Peter Sloterdijk’s The Continent without Qualities: Bookmarks in the … Continue reading →

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Books received (1) – Bloch, Derrida, Patchin, Neale, Caló & Enes Pereira, Braudel

Posted on July 27, 2026 by stuartelden

Older books by Bloch and Braudel, bought second-hand, a reedition of three important texts by Derrida,  Force de loi, Voyous, Fichus, and the recent La Chose Séminaire (1975-1977) Suivi de la 6e séance de Donner le temps II, Paige Marie Patchin, … Continue reading →

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Books received – Agamben, Bachelard, Bloch, de la Durantaye, Wahl, Febvre, Braudel

Posted on July 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Books bought new or second-hand recently, including the recent biography and graphic novel Marc Bloch: L’historien combattant, and some older books. The Agamben books are for teaching next academic year – Where are we now? collects his pandemic writings, which … 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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Jean-David Morvan, Suzette Bloch and Laurent Bidot, Marc Bloch: L’historien combattant – La vie et l’œuvre de Marc Bloch en BD, Tallandier, June 2026

Posted on June 6, 2026 by stuartelden

Jean-David Morvan and Suzette Bloch, Marc Bloch: L’historien combattant – La vie et l’œuvre de Marc Bloch en BD, Tallandier, June 2026 « Marc Bloch était mon grand-père. Un homme exceptionnel, un savant, un républicain et un patriote acharné dont l’engagement … Continue reading →

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Marc Bloch, Ecrire La société féodale: lettres à Henri Berr, 1921-1943 – ed. Jacqueline Pluet-Despatin, Éditions EHESS, June 2026

Posted on June 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Marc Bloch, Ecrire La société féodale: lettres à Henri Berr, 1921-1943 – ed. Jacqueline Pluet-Despatin, Éditions EHESS, June 2026 En 1939-1940, l’historien Marc Bloch publie les deux volumes de La société féodale dans la collection « L’évolution de l’humanité», chez Albin Michel. Ce livre … Continue reading →

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Peter Schöttler, Marc Bloch, une biographie intellectuelle – Gallimard, May 2026

Posted on May 8, 2026 by stuartelden

Peter Schöttler, Marc Bloch, une biographie intellectuelle – Gallimard, May 2026 Spécialiste du Moyen Âge européen, fondateur des Annales d’histoire économique et sociale — une revue devenue le porte-étendard du renouveau de la pratique historienne au XXᵉ siècle —, combattant de la … Continue reading →

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Fernand Braudel and the Writing and Teaching of History in Captivity

Posted on January 4, 2026 by stuartelden

In a previous pieces in this series I’ve discussed Étienne Wolff’s work on the biology of monsters, some of which was written during his time in Oflag XVII-A during the Second World War. (An Oflag was a Offizierslager – a German camp for Allied … Continue reading →

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