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C. G. Jung and Aniela Jaffé, Jung’s Life and Work: Interviews for Memories, Dreams, Reflections with Aniela Jaffé – ed. Sonu Shamdasani, Princeton University Press, December 2025/January 2026

Posted on January 5, 2026 by stuartelden

C. G. Jung and Aniela Jaffé, Jung’s Life and Work: Interviews for Memories, Dreams, Reflections with Aniela Jaffé – ed. Sonu Shamdasani, Princeton University Press, December 2025/January 2026 In 1957, at the age of eighty-one, C. G. Jung began a … Continue reading →

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Archivaria 100: Special Issue – Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives (Fall/Winter 2025), including a piece on Foucault’s archives

Posted on January 5, 2026 by stuartelden

Archivaria 100: Special Issue – Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives (Fall/Winter 2025) The issue is not yet on Project Muse and requires subscription. The issue contains Steven Maynard, “Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives“, Archives,” Archivaria 100 (fall/winter 2025): … Continue reading →

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Fernand Braudel and the Writing and Teaching of History in Captivity

Posted on January 4, 2026 by stuartelden

In a previous pieces in this series I’ve discussed Étienne Wolff’s work on the biology of monsters, some of which was written during his time in Oflag XVII-A during the Second World War. (An Oflag was a Offizierslager – a German camp for Allied … Continue reading →

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Emily Doucet, Inventing Nadar: A History of Photographic Firsts – Duke University Press, April 2026

Posted on January 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Emily Doucet, Inventing Nadar: A History of Photographic Firsts – Duke University Press, April 2026 Félix Nadar took the first aerial photograph in 1858, so the story goes. The evidence, Emily Doucet notes, is mixed. In Inventing Nadar, Doucet analyzes the … Continue reading →

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Antonio Gramsci, ‘I Hate New Year’s Day’

Posted on January 1, 2026 by stuartelden

I’ve posted this before, but always worth a read – Antonio Gramsci on New Year’s Day, translated by Alberto Toscano for Viewpoint. This text was first pub­lished in Avanti!, Turin edi­tion, from his col­umn “Sotto la Mole,” Jan­u­ary 1, 1916. Every morn­ing, when … Continue reading →

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Eduardo Mendieta (1963-2025)

Posted on December 31, 2025 by stuartelden

My dear friend Eduardo Mendieta died earlier this month. He taught in the philosophy departments of the University of San Francisco, Stony Brook University and Penn State. There is an announcement from Penn State here, and the news is also reported … Continue reading →

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My publications in 2025 – on Koyré, Foucault, Lefebvre and some reviews

Posted on December 31, 2025 by stuartelden

Most of this year was spent working on my very long manuscript Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France, which is coming together but has been hard work to reach this point. I have shared a few updates on the research and … Continue reading →

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One year of ‘Sunday Histories’ on Progressive Geographies – weekly essays in the history of ideas

Posted on December 30, 2025 by stuartelden

Every Sunday through 2025 I’ve posted a short essay to Progressive Geographies. They are tangential to my main research focus, a home for odd pieces which would not find a more formal place in print, but stories or ideas I … Continue reading →

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Two Foucault reissues from Polity – Language, Madness and Desire: On Literature and Speech Begins After Death

Posted on December 29, 2025 by stuartelden

Previously published by University of Minnesota Press, two Foucault books translated by Robert Bononno are being reissued by Polity in January 2026: Language, Madness and Desire: On Literature As a transformative thinker of the twentieth century, whose work spanned all … Continue reading →

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Ed Wall, Architecture for Warfare: How Corporations Profit From Destruction and Reconstruction – Jovis, December 2025

Posted on December 29, 2025 by stuartelden

Ed Wall, Architecture for Warfare: How Corporations Profit From Destruction and Reconstruction – Jovis, December 2025

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