Category Archives: People

Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 32 – trying to improve a draft

Posted on April 20, 2026 by stuartelden

As I said in the last update, I went to the EUI in Florence at the beginning of February with a nearly complete draft of my manuscript on Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France, and had the plan to leave at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Étienne Wolff, Emile Benveniste, Fernand Braudel, Georges Dumézil, Julia Kristeva, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Maurice Blanchot, Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Sunday Histories, Travel, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Julia Kristeva’s portrait of Émile Benveniste in The Samurai

Posted on April 19, 2026 by stuartelden

Julia Kristeva’s first novel The Samurai was published in 1990. It’s not the greatest novel, but it’s well known that the book is a thinly disguised autobiography, with the central character Olga Morena modelled on herself. Many of the famous names of … Continue reading →

Posted in Emile Benveniste, Julia Kristeva, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Sunday Histories, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Books received – Nizan, Macciocchi, Nussbaum, Nail, Hathaway, Watkins, Stilz, Joseph

Posted on April 17, 2026 by stuartelden

Books from Oxford University Press in recompense for review work, and two from Verso.

Posted in Ferdinand de Saussure, Karl Marx, Louis Althusser, Territory | 1 Comment

Nicolas Guilhot, Conspiracy: The History of a Political Obsession – Harvard University Press, October 2026

Posted on April 13, 2026 by stuartelden

Nicolas Guilhot, Conspiracy: The History of a Political Obsession – Harvard University Press, October 2026 Pundits, scholars, and the general public alike have argued that conspiratorial thinking is the greatest threat to liberal democracy. Nicolas Guilhot, however, challenges us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Koyré, Hannah Arendt, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Georges Redard and the Linguistic Atlas of Iranian Speakers

Posted on April 12, 2026 by stuartelden

After Émile Benveniste suffered a major stroke in late 1969, his former student and friend Georges Redard planned to publish some of Benveniste’s incomplete projects. Redard was by this time teaching at the University of Bern in Switzerland. One volume … Continue reading →

Posted in Emile Benveniste, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Sunday Histories, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

A Scholarly Edition of Leibniz’s Philosophical Papers – first three volumes, Oxford University Press, April 2026

Posted on April 10, 2026 by stuartelden

A Scholarly Edition of Leibniz’s Philosophical Papers – first three volumes published by Oxford University Press on 30 April 2026, edited by Lloyd Strickland. They are very expensive, over £400 for the first three volumes: Leibniz: Philosophical Papers, 1677–1686 – … Continue reading →

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Two dedications from Georges Dumézil – to Alfred Ernoux and Luc Estang

Posted on April 8, 2026 by stuartelden

With only rare exceptions, I’ve not tended to buy second-hand books with a view to the edition or dedications. Generally, I’ve been getting hold of copies because of the content, and the relatively few times I’ve looked for a first … Continue reading →

Posted in Georges Bataille, Georges Dumézil, Henri Lefebvre, Michel Foucault, Sunday Histories, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Clémentine Fauré-Bellaïche, A Protestant Air: Gide, Sartre, Barthes, and the Religion of Literary Modernity –  Cornell University Press, June 2026

Posted on April 6, 2026 by stuartelden

Clémentine Fauré-Bellaïche, A Protestant Air: Gide, Sartre, Barthes, and the Religion of Literary Modernity –  Cornell University Press, June 2026 A Protestant Air focuses on the Protestant connection linking three intellectual giants of twentieth-century French thought: André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Roland … Continue reading →

Posted in Jean-Paul Sartre, Roland Barthes, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Maurice Blanchot’s Politics and His War-Time Reviews of Georges Dumézil

Posted on April 5, 2026 by stuartelden

The philosopher, literary theorist and novelist Maurice Blanchot’s politics have come under periodic scrutiny. Leslie Hill describes the source of the controversy:  As early as 1931 and 1932, while starting out with the Journal des débats, Blanchot was writing political articles … Continue reading →

Posted in Albert Camus, Georges Bataille, Georges Dumézil, Jean-Paul Sartre, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Maurice Blanchot, Sunday Histories, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The Story of Capital: Book Launch with David Harvey in Conversation with Adam Tooze

Posted on April 3, 2026 by stuartelden

The Story of Capital: Book Launch with David Harvey in Conversation with Adam Tooze – discussing The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works (Verso, 2026), via Reading Capital with David Harvey

Posted in Adam Tooze, David Harvey, Uncategorized | 3 Comments