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Jennifer Stob, The Situationist International and the Social Space of Film: With and Against Cinema – Routledge, June 2026

Posted on June 8, 2026 by stuartelden

Jennifer Stob, The Situationist International and the Social Space of Film: With and Against Cinema – Routledge, June 2026 This book explores the Situationist International’s paradoxical relationship with cinema from 1957 to 1972. The SI was a postwar avant-garde that … Continue reading →

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Julia Kristeva’s Dostoyevsky – from Mikhail Bakhtin and Hans Holbein to psychoanalysis, religion and language 

Posted on June 7, 2026 by stuartelden

Julia Kristeva often references Fyodor Dostoyevsky in her work. She read him while growing up in Bulgaria, and continued after her move to France. She recalls her initial reading was against her father’s directive. As well as Dostoyevsky’s famous novels, … Continue reading →

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Jean Wahl, The Idea of the Instant in Descartes’s Philosophy – ed. and trans. Alan D. Schrift, Edinburgh University Press, May 2026

Posted on June 6, 2026 by stuartelden

Jean Wahl, The Idea of the Instant in Descartes’s Philosophy – ed. and trans. Alan D. Schrift, Edinburgh University Press, May 2026

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Benjamin Kohlmann, Revolutionary Subjects: A Radical History of the Bildungsroman – Verso, August 2026

Posted on June 5, 2026 by stuartelden

Benjamin Kohlmann, Revolutionary Subjects: A Radical History of the Bildungsroman – Verso, August 2026 A literary history spanning borders and centuries to explore radicalization as portrayed in fiction Tracing the evolution of socialist world literature from the nineteenth century to … Continue reading →

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Jon Douglas Solomon, Foucault and Genocide: A Genealogy of a Fantasy of the West – Palgrave Pivot, 2026

Posted on June 4, 2026 by stuartelden

Jon Douglas Solomon, Foucault and Genocide: A Genealogy of a Fantasy of the West – Palgrave Pivot, 2026 Michel Foucault’s seminal realization that security is a species concept opens a new path for understanding how genocide is fundamentally related to … Continue reading →

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Allen Buchanan, Political Tribalism: How It Hijacks Our Minds and Diminishes Our Humanity – Routledge, May 2025 and NDPR review

Posted on June 4, 2026 by stuartelden

Allen Buchanan, Political Tribalism: How It Hijacks Our Minds and Diminishes Our Humanity – Routledge, May 2025 NDPR review by Alexander Motchoulski Combining hard data with the author’s personal story of a life in the U.S. South and then as a … Continue reading →

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Marc Bloch, Ecrire La société féodale: lettres à Henri Berr, 1921-1943 – ed. Jacqueline Pluet-Despatin, Éditions EHESS, June 2026

Posted on June 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Marc Bloch, Ecrire La société féodale: lettres à Henri Berr, 1921-1943 – ed. Jacqueline Pluet-Despatin, Éditions EHESS, June 2026 En 1939-1940, l’historien Marc Bloch publie les deux volumes de La société féodale dans la collection « L’évolution de l’humanité», chez Albin Michel. Ce livre … Continue reading →

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David Petruccelli, A Scourge of Humanity: The Origins of Interpol and the End of Empire in Central and Eastern Europe – Oxford University Press, March 2026 and New Books discussion

Posted on June 3, 2026 by stuartelden

David Petruccelli, A Scourge of Humanity: The Origins of Interpol and the End of Empire in Central and Eastern Europe – Oxford University Press, March 2026 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link As … Continue reading →

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Kevin Inston, Rethinking the Politics of Belonging: Towards a Theory of Improper Community – Edinburgh University Press, May 2026

Posted on June 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Kevin Inston, Rethinking the Politics of Belonging: Towards a Theory of Improper Community – Edinburgh University Press, May 2026

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Nathaniel O’Grady and Gemma Sou eds., Geography and Disasters: Places, Processes and the Human Geographical Imagination – Bloomsbury, May 2026

Posted on June 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Nathaniel O’Grady and Gemma Sou eds., Geography and Disasters: Places, Processes and the Human Geographical Imagination – Bloomsbury, May 2026 Drawing on global case studies, this is the first book to outline and elaborate on the ways that human geography … Continue reading →

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