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Gathering: The Heidegger Circle Annual – call for papers

Posted on December 11, 2022 by stuartelden

Gathering: The Heidegger Circle Annual – call for papers

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Noel Castree, Greig Charnock, Brett Christophers, David Harvey: A Critical Introduction to his Thought – Routledge, December 2022

Posted on December 10, 2022 by stuartelden

Noel Castree, Greig Charnock, Brett Christophers, David Harvey: A Critical Introduction to his Thought – Routledge, December 2022 David Harvey is among the most influential Marxist thinkers of the last half century. This book offers a lucid and authoritative introduction … Continue reading →

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Kostas Axelos, The Game of the World, trans. Justin Clemens and Hellmut Munz – Edinburgh University Press, April 2023 [now published]

Posted on December 8, 2022 by stuartelden

Kostas Axelos, The Game of the World, trans. Justin Clemens and Hellmut Munz – Edinburgh University Press, April 2023 [Update May 2023: the book is now published] It’s great to see this excellent translation of an important book is nearly … Continue reading →

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Richard Bourke & Quentin Skinner (eds.), History in the Humanities and Social Sciences – Cambridge University Press, December 2022

Posted on December 7, 2022 by stuartelden

Richard Bourke & Quentin Skinner (eds.), History in the Humanities and Social Sciences – Cambridge University Press, December 2022 This interdisciplinary volume explores the relationship between history and a range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences: economics, political … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural – 40% off outside the Americas

Posted on December 6, 2022 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural is currently available at 40% off outside the Americas from Combined Academic Publishers. You need to sign up to their newsletter to access the sale.

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Two new reviews of Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural (University of Minnesota Press, 2022)

Posted on December 5, 2022 by stuartelden

Two new reviews of Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography (University of Minnesota Press, 2022) Caleb Gallemore in New Political Science Joseph Pierce in Economic Geography Both require subscription, unfortunately. Here’s the start of Pierce’s review: Stuart Elden … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lévi-Strauss, Althusser, Leroi-Gourhan, Person, Loyer, Soulier, Derrida

Posted on November 17, 2022 by stuartelden

Mainly bought new and second-hand in Paris, but also A. Person, Directorship: Searching for Politics’ Copernican Moment, sent to me anonymously by the author.

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Foucault on the radio, 1975 – a different, edited translation of an interesting interview

Posted on November 16, 2022 by stuartelden

In 1975, Foucault was interviewed by Jacques Chancel on the radio. It is reprinted in Dits et écrits as text 161, “Radioscopie de Michel Foucault”. The French text is here and the recording here. Comparing the transcription and the recording … Continue reading →

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Biko Mandela Gray and Ryan J. Johnson, Phenomenology of Black Spirit – Edinburgh University Press, 2022

Posted on November 14, 2022 by stuartelden

Biko Mandela Gray and Ryan J. Johnson, Phenomenology of Black Spirit – Edinburgh University Press, 2022 Just an expensive hardback at the moment, unfortunately, but Ryan has shared a 30% discount code (NEW30).

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Indo-European thought project update 7: Working on Dumézil’s teaching, a few research resources, and some archival work in Paris

Posted on November 14, 2022 by stuartelden

I’ve made some progress with the Indo-European project over the past few weeks. Not as much as I’d hoped, and it feels a bit unsystematic at this point, but early work is often like that. This has included a couple … Continue reading →

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