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Carlo Ginzburg, in discussion with Raphaëlle Burns, Emmanuelle Saada, and Pierre Force, online April 3, 2023 (12-1pm New York; 6-7pm Paris)

Posted on March 28, 2023 by stuartelden

MONDAY, APRIL 3, 12:00-1:00 PM (New York) / 18:00-19:00 (Paris) Nevertheless: Machiavelli, Pascal  Carlo Ginzburg, in discussion with Raphaëlle Burns, Emmanuelle Saada, and Pierre Force On zoom RSVP HERE Machiavelli’s repeated use of the adverb nondimanco (“nevertheless”) indicated he thought that there was an … Continue reading →

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Indo-European thought in twentieth-century France update 10: Dumézil’s early work and archives; the Collège de Sociologie and Blanchot; Eliade in Paris; Lévi-Strauss

Posted on March 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Since the last update on this project, the main task has been beginning to work through Dumézil’s books and articles in broadly chronological order, filling in some gaps in my earlier reading, and trying to write a bit about each. So far, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Foucault before the Collège de France – theme issue of Theory, Culture & Society, now published

Posted on March 26, 2023 by stuartelden

‘Foucault before the Collège de France’ – theme issue of Theory, Culture & Society, coming soon, edited by Stuart Elden, Orazio Irrera and Daniele Lorenzini [Update: the whole issue is now online here] Some of the papers are available online … Continue reading →

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Julian Roche, Marxism and Real Estate: Taking Lefebvre Seriously – Routledge, September 2023

Posted on March 24, 2023 by stuartelden

Julian Roche, Marxism and Real Estate: Taking Lefebvre Seriously – Routledge, September 2023 Intriguing, but a truly ridiculous price of £140! This book straddles two worlds and attempts to bring them together: that of Lefebvre’s Marxism on the one hand, and … Continue reading →

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Walter Benjamin’s translators on translating Walter Benjamin

Posted on March 23, 2023 by stuartelden

Esther Leslie, Sam Dolbear, Sebastian Truskolaski on Translating Walter Benjamin In 1923 Walter Benjamin published The Task of the Translator, a seminal essay in which he considers what is obscured and what is elucidated through the process of literary translation. The … Continue reading →

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Roland Barthes, Évocations et incantations dans la tragédie grecque – Classiques Garnier, eds. Christophe Corbier and Coste Claude, February 2023

Posted on March 19, 2023 by stuartelden

Roland Barthes, Évocations et incantations dans la tragédie grecque – Classiques Garnier, edited by Christophe Corbier and Coste Claude, February 2023 En 1941, Roland Barthes soutient son diplôme d’études supérieures à la Sorbonne sous la direction de Paul Mazon. Le … Continue reading →

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Michael C. Behrent, Becoming Foucault: The Poitiers Years – Penn Press, December 2023

Posted on March 8, 2023 by stuartelden

Michael C. Behrent, Becoming Foucault: The Poitiers Years – Penn Press, December 2023 Though Michel Foucault is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, little is known about his early life. Even Foucault’s biographers have neglected this … Continue reading →

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Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss, Correspondance (1897-1927), eds. Rafael Faraco Benthien, Christophe Labaune and Christine Lorre – Classiques Garnier, 2021

Posted on March 8, 2023 by stuartelden

Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss, Correspondance (1897-1927), eds. Rafael Faraco Benthien, Christophe Labaune and Christine Lorre – Classiques Garnier, 2021 This volume significantly increases the corpus of the writings of Marcel Mauss and Henri Hubert, by making public letters exchanged during thirty … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lacan, Eliade, Blanchot, Rousso

Posted on March 7, 2023 by stuartelden

Apart from the most-recent Lacan seminar to appear in the Points series, all bought second-hand. All connected to the Indo-European thought project in some way.

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Martha Nussbaum and Politics; Hannah Arendt and Politics – Edinburgh University Press, January 2023

Posted on March 7, 2023 by stuartelden

Brandon Robshaw, Martha Nussbaum and Politics – Edinburgh University Press, January 2023 Providing an overview of the political and ethical philosophy of Martha Nussbaum, this book presents the ideas of this significant philosopher and shows how her thought, while rooted … Continue reading →

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