Category Archives: People

Walter Bruno Henning, Franz Altheim and the Politics of Reviews

Posted on March 8, 2026 by stuartelden

In 1949, the German born and naturalised British scholar Walter Bruno Henning wrote to the Iranian politician and diplomat Hassan Taqizadeh. In his letter, he shared his view of Franz Altheim’s Weltgeschichte Asiens im griechischen Zeitalter [World History of Asia in the Greek Era], … Continue reading →

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Peter E. Gordon, Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver – Yale University Press, April 2026

Posted on March 7, 2026 by stuartelden

Peter E. Gordon, Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver – Yale University Press, April 2026 update April 2026 – New Books discussion with Abe Silberstein. Thanks to dmf for the link. update 2: interview with Lilia Endter at the Journal of … Continue reading →

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Diego Donna, Spinoza and the Rise of Systems: Reception and Critique in the French Enlightenment – trans. Brent Waterhouse, Edinburgh University Press, February 2026

Posted on March 6, 2026 by stuartelden

Diego Donna, Spinoza and the Rise of Systems: Reception and Critique in the French Enlightenment – trans. Brent Waterhouse, Edinburgh University Press, February 2026

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Tilman Schwarze and Matt Dawson eds. The Anthem Companion to Henri Lefebvre – Anthem, March 2026

Posted on March 5, 2026 by stuartelden

Tilman Schwarze and Matt Dawson eds. The Anthem Companion to Henri Lefebvre – Anthem, March 2026 Now published – table of contents at the publisher page Reassesses Henri Lefebvre’s enduring relevance to sociology, examining themes from Marxism to urban life … Continue reading →

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Roberto Esposito, The Faces of the Adversary: The Enigma of Jacob and the Angel – trans. Zakiya Hanati, Polity, February 2026

Posted on March 4, 2026 by stuartelden

Roberto Esposito, The Faces of the Adversary: The Enigma of Jacob and the Angel – trans. Zakiya Hanati, Polity, February 2026

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‘A Line Is Followed, a Strategy Is Constructed – An Interview with Henri Lefebvre (1979)’, trans. Roberto Mozzachiodi, Historical Materialism (open access)

Posted on March 2, 2026 by stuartelden

‘A Line Is Followed, a Strategy Is Constructed – An Interview with Henri Lefebvre (1979)’, trans. Roberto Mozzachiodi, Historical Materialism (open access) This interview with Henri Lefebvre was conducted for the French Communist Party (PCF) journal La Nouvelle Critique in … Continue reading →

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A 1970 French interdisciplinary seminar on structuralism, organised by Gilbert Gadoffre, André Lichnerowicz and François Perroux, and attended by Suzanne Bachelard, Pierre Bourdieu, Georges Canguilhem, Michel Foucault, André Martinet, Jacques Monod, Clémence Ramnoux, Michel Serres, Gilbert Simondon and René Thom

Posted on March 1, 2026 by stuartelden

An interdisciplinary seminar on structuralism was held in France in September 1970. Attended by a wide range of speakers, it was an interesting moment in the French reception of this trend in ‘French theory’. Back in October 2022 I posted a … Continue reading →

Posted in Clémence Ramnoux, Georges Canguilhem, Michel Foucault, Michel Serres, Pierre Bourdieu, Sunday Histories, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Indo-European Thought research resources updated – Benveniste, Saussure, Dumézil

Posted on February 25, 2026 by stuartelden

I’ve updated the list of English translations of Émile Benveniste’s work on this site to include a couple of articles. I’ve not shared many research resources from my Indo-European thought project, but there is a list of Ferdinand de Saussure’s notes … Continue reading →

Posted in Emile Benveniste, Ferdinand de Saussure, Georges Dumézil, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Daniele Lorenzini ed. The Foucauldian Mind – Routledge, August 2026

Posted on February 23, 2026 by stuartelden

Daniele Lorenzini ed. The Foucauldian Mind – Routledge, August 2026 This is a major, and very expensive, reference work. I say a bit about my chapter, on Foucault and structuralism, here. The Routledge website says July, but Daniele says the … Continue reading →

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The French contributors to Herman Hirt’s 1936 Festschrift – Linguistics, Nationalism and Nazism

Posted on February 22, 2026 by stuartelden

In their important piece examining the stakes of the 1930s debate about Caucasian linguistics between Georges Dumézil and Prince Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Stefanos Geroulanos and Jamie Philips indicate that Dumézil was one of the contributors to a 1936 Festschrift for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Antoine Meillet, Emile Benveniste, Georges Dumézil, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Stefanos Geroulanos, Sunday Histories | 2 Comments