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Tom Overton, John Berger: From Life – Verso, September 2026

Posted on September 8, 2026 by stuartelden

Tom Overton, John Berger: From Life – Verso, September 2026 John Berger (1926–2017) served in Britain’s wartime army before attending art school. The young artist became a critic and broadcaster, cutting a swathe through the staid world of post-war Britain, … Continue reading →

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Bernd Herzogenrath and Nicol A. Barria-Asenjo eds. CONTRADICTionary: An Almanac of Resistance – Open Humanities Press, 2026 (open access)

Posted on September 7, 2026 by stuartelden

Bernd Herzogenrath and Nicol A. Barria-Asenjo eds. CONTRADICTionary: An Almanac of Resistance – Open Humanities Press, 2026 Available open access – thanks to dmf for the link CONTRADICTionary: An Almanac of Resistance is a collective intervention into the politics of language … Continue reading →

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David E. Barclay, Cold War City: A History of West Berlin – Princeton University Press, September/November 2026

Posted on September 5, 2026 by stuartelden

David E. Barclay, Cold War City: A History of West Berlin – Princeton University Press, September/November 2026 Located more than one hundred miles behind the Iron Curtain, West Berlin served as a stage on which the confrontation between nuclear-armed superpowers … Continue reading →

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Sören Urbansky and Martin Wagner, Entangled Empires: Four Centuries of China-Russia Relations – Polity, June 2026

Posted on September 4, 2026 by stuartelden

Sören Urbansky and Martin Wagner, Entangled Empires: Four Centuries of China-Russia Relations – Polity, June 2026 As expansionist empires, socialist superpowers and authoritarian regimes, China and Russia have much in common. While many in the West fear the formation of … Continue reading →

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Maurizio Meloni, Coloniality and Structural Othering in European Thought: A Racialized Canon – Routledge, June 2026

Posted on September 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Maurizio Meloni, Coloniality and Structural Othering in European Thought: A Racialized Canon – Routledge, June 2026 Thanks to Foucault News for the link. This book provides a historical and conceptual analysis of patterns of racialized otherness in European thought, traversing … Continue reading →

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Marita Rainsborough, Foucault Today: New Perspectives in Philosophy and Cultural Studies – Transcript, May 2025

Posted on September 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Marita Rainsborough, Foucault Today: New Perspectives in Philosophy and Cultural Studies – Transcript, May 2025 Michel Foucault is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Marita Rainsborough examines the current relevance of his work with reference … Continue reading →

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Natasha Lennard, On Un/Certainty: The Uses of Doubt in Dangerous Times – Verso, October 2026

Posted on September 1, 2026 by stuartelden

Natasha Lennard, On Un/Certainty: The Uses of Doubt in Dangerous Times – Verso, October 2026 We live in uncertain times. But what does uncertainty mean for our ability to act? While politicians, CEOs, and pundits reflexively invoke “uncertain times” to … Continue reading →

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David Puaud, Foucault avant Foucault: Archéologie d’une jeunesse – Denoël, September 2026

Posted on September 1, 2026 by stuartelden

David Puaud, Foucault avant Foucault: Archéologie d’une jeunesse – Denoël, September 2026 À l’occasion du centenaire de la naissance de Michel Foucault, première enquête sur la jeunesse de l’un des penseurs les plus influents du monde contemporain. Raconter les années … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, Iran, quand la terre tremble: Reportage 1978-1979 – eds. Fabienne Brion, Julien Cavagnis, Sajjad Lohi and Chowra Makarem – Gallimard, September 2026

Posted on August 31, 2026 by stuartelden

I previously shared news of three Foucault books being published by Gallimard to coincide with his 100th birthday, one of which was Iran, quand la terre tremble: Reportage 1978-1979. Further details of this are now on the Gallimard site. It is … Continue reading →

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Puzzles, Patience and Clues: Carlo Ginzburg and Adriano Prosperi

Posted on August 30, 2026 by stuartelden

In an interview with Maria Lúcia G. Pallares-Burke in October 1998, published in The New History: Confessions and Conversations, Carlo Ginzburg mentions the critical attitude he has to some of his earlier works. One was his 1970 book Il nicodemismo: Simulazione e dissimulazione … Continue reading →

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