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Rhodri Lewis, Shakespeare’s Tragic Art – Princeton University Press, October 2024

Posted on November 6, 2024 by stuartelden

Rhodri Lewis, Shakespeare’s Tragic Art – Princeton University Press, October 2024 In Shakespeare’s Tragic Art, Rhodri Lewis offers a powerfully original reassessment of tragedy as Shakespeare wrote it—of what drew him toward tragic drama, what makes his tragedies distinctive, and why … Continue reading →

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Michael Marder and Giovanbattista Tusa (eds.), Contemporanea: A Glossary for the Twenty-First Century – MIT Press, March 2024

Posted on November 5, 2024 by stuartelden

Michael Marder and Giovanbattista Tusa (eds.), Contemporanea: A Glossary for the Twenty-First Century – MIT Press, March 2024 A groundbreaking, multidisciplinary collection that rethinks our present moment and anticipates the key concepts that will shape and direct the twenty-first century. Contemporanea is a nascent lexicon for … Continue reading →

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Georges Bataille, Critical Essays Volume 2: 1949-51 – ed. Benjamin Noys and Alberto Toscano, trans. Chris Turner – Seagull, December 2024

Posted on November 1, 2024 by stuartelden

Georges Bataille, Critical Essays Volume 2: 1949-51 – ed. Benjamin Noys and Alberto Toscano, trans. Chris Turner – Seagull, December 2024 An introduction for English-language readers to Georges Bataille’s postwar philosophical and critical writings. In the aftermath of World War … Continue reading →

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‘Homage to the Hommage à Jean Hyppolite’ – Philosophy, Politics and Critique Vol 1 No 3 theme section

Posted on November 1, 2024 by stuartelden

‘Homage to the Hommage à Jean Hyppolite’ – Philosophy, Politics and Critique Vol 1 No 3 theme section Introduction and three essays – all require subscription, unfortunately: Joe Hughes, Introduction Christopher O’Neill, Error, Truth and Anxiety against Death: Reading Georges Canguilhem’s … Continue reading →

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Theory, Culture & Society special issue ‘Thinking with Latour’ – three papers open access

Posted on October 29, 2024 by stuartelden

Theory, Culture & Society special issue ‘Thinking with Latour‘ – three papers open access. Update: Thanks to dmf and others for the link to Steven Shapin’s piece at Journal of the History of Ideas blog

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On a Discourse that Might not Be a Semblance: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XVIII, trans. Bruce Fink – Polity, October 2024

Posted on October 28, 2024 by stuartelden

On a Discourse that Might not Be a Semblance: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XVIII, trans. Bruce Fink – Polity, October 2024 The title is, at first glance, enigmatic. Clue: it concerns men and women—their most concrete, amorous, and … Continue reading →

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Jacques Lacan, First Writings, trans. Russell Grigg – Polity, October 2024

Posted on October 28, 2024 by stuartelden

Jacques Lacan, First Writings, trans. Russell Grigg – Polity, October 2024 Before he became an analyst, Lacan was a psychiatrist. The articles in the present volume would not be being republished if they didn’t invite us to read them retroactively. … Continue reading →

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Kevin Curran, Shakespeare’s Theater of Judgment: Six Keywords – Edinburgh University Press, September 2024 (print and open access)

Posted on October 27, 2024 by stuartelden

Kevin Curran, Shakespeare’s Theater of Judgment: Six Keywords – Edinburgh University Press, September 2024 Available open access at the above link Part of the Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy series.

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James Martell, Beckett and Derrida – Cambridge University Press, December 2024

Posted on October 25, 2024 by stuartelden

James Martell, Beckett and Derrida – Cambridge University Press, December 2024 Uncannily similar projects, Beckett’s and Derrida’s oeuvres have been linked by literary and philosophy scholars since the 1990s. Taking into consideration their shared historical and personal contexts as writers … Continue reading →

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Books received – Foucault, Rose, Machold, Hoffman, Miller

Posted on October 24, 2024 by stuartelden

Some books sent by editors or publishers – Michel Foucault, Généalogies de la sexualité, Rhys Machold, Fabricating Homeland Security, Marcelo Hoffman, Foucault in Brazil and Paul Allen Miller (ed.), Truth in the Late Foucault – and Gillian Rose, Marxist Modernism, … Continue reading →

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