Category Archives: People

Michel Foucault’s annotated theses on Madness and Kant – now available online

Posted on May 13, 2026 by stuartelden

In March last year I shared news of the discovery of typescript versions of Foucault’s two theses – what became the History of Madness and his introduction and translation of Kant’s Anthropology, annotated by Foucault – Emmanuel le Doeff, À … Continue reading →

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Maria Antonietta Macciocchi – Althusser, Gramsci, Maoism, Fascism and Pasolini

Posted on May 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Maria Antonietta Macciocchi (1922-2007) was a journalist, politician and academic. She is known for works including Daily Life in Revolutionary China (Italian and French in 1971; English in 1972). Her work on China was heavily criticised, and one example would be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberto Toscano, Antonio Gramsci, Italo Calvino, Louis Althusser, Luce Irigaray, Nicos Poulantzas, Sunday Histories | 4 Comments

Books received – Simon, Macciocchi, Spinney, Kristeva, Leray, Mallory

Posted on May 9, 2026 by stuartelden

John K. Simon, Modern French Criticism; Maria-Antoinetta Macciocchi, Les femmes et leurs maîtres; Laura Spinney, Proto; Julia Kristeva, Dostoyevsky in the Face of Death; a special issue on Jean Leray; Ryan L. Allen, Adventures in the Archaic and J.P. Mallory, … 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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Eyal Weizman, Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide – Fern Press, May 2026

Posted on May 8, 2026 by stuartelden

Eyal Weizman, Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide – Fern Press, May 2026 Eyal Weizman is one of the world’s leading experts on the relationship between violence, conflict and the environment, both built and natural. As director of the organisation Forensic … Continue reading →

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David Womersley, Thinking Through Shakespeare – Princeton University Press, March 2026 and New Books discussion

Posted on May 6, 2026 by stuartelden

David Womersley, Thinking Through Shakespeare – Princeton University Press, March 2026 New Books discussion with Morteza Hajizadeh – thanks to dmf for the link In the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson famously argued that Shakespeare is enduringly popular because he “is above all … Continue reading →

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Lucien Gerschel bibliography (and other research resources)

Posted on May 5, 2026 by stuartelden

I’ve written about Lucien Gerschel in two posts in my ‘Sunday Histories‘ series – Lucien Gerschel, Georges Dumézil, William Shakespeare and the history of Coriolanus and The Tragic Death of Lucien Gerschel and his Posthumous Text on the Finnish Sampo. He was a student … Continue reading →

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Tel Quel goes to China: Sollers, Kristeva, Barthes, Pleynet, Wahl and the Cultural Revolution

Posted on May 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Tel Quel famously went to China in 1974. Tel Quel was an important literary journal founded in 1960, to which many of the major names of ‘French theory’ contributed, including Michel Foucault, Maurice Blanchot and Jacques Derrida. The journal was edited by Philippe … Continue reading →

Posted in Jacques Lacan, Julia Kristeva, Roland Barthes, Sunday Histories, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Foucault Studies, Issue 39, Spring 2026 (all open access)

Posted on May 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Foucault Studies, Issue 39, Spring 2026 (all open access) Lots of interesting papers and reviews, including “Genealogy as Critical Practice: Toward a Reading of Affective Genealogy” by my former PhD Mostyn Taylor Crockett.

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Laurence Hemming and Aaron Turner eds. Heidegger and Parmenides – Bloomsbury, April 2026

Posted on April 30, 2026 by stuartelden

Laurence Hemming and Aaron Turner eds. Heidegger and Parmenides – Bloomsbury, April 2026 This collection of original essays brings together leading scholars from a range of disciplines to explore the influence and importance of Parmenides to Heidegger’s quest to bring … Continue reading →

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