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Georges Bataille, The Limit of the Useful – a listing of which French texts it includes

Posted on May 13, 2023 by stuartelden

I’ve updated the page on this site which lists English translations of texts in Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and other French collections. The update was to provide references to the recently-published The Limit of the Useful, translated by Cory Knutson … Continue reading →

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Robert T. Tally Jr., The Fiction of Dread: Dystopia, Monstrosity and Apocalyse – Bloomsbury, December 2023

Posted on May 12, 2023 by stuartelden

Robert T. Tally Jr., The Fiction of Dread: Dystopia, Monstrosity and Apocalyse – Bloomsbury, December 2023 At the dawn of the 20th century, a wide-ranging utopianism dominated popular and intellectual cultures throughout Europe and America. However, within just a few … Continue reading →

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David Harvey on capital, theory, and becoming a Marxist – video interview with Sebastian Budgen

Posted on May 11, 2023 by stuartelden

For fifty years David Harvey has written and lectured on Capital, becoming one of the world’s foremost Marx scholars. In addition, his work on the history and geography of capitalist development has transformed our understanding of neoliberalism and the spread … 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 May 10, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
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…

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Books received – Ginzburg, Filoni, Simpson, Mehlman, Lévi-Strauss, Dumézil 

Posted on May 10, 2023 by stuartelden

Mainly bought second-hand, but also Tim Simpson, Betting on Macau, sent by University of Minnesota Press. Dumézil’s Archaic Roman Religion was hard to find in its original two-volume form, with case – before I had a mismatched set of one … Continue reading →

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CFP: Territories and Identities, A Critical Perspective on Belonging – Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, Italy 9-10 November 2023

Posted on May 8, 2023 by stuartelden
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Danielle Allen, Justice by Means of Democracy, University of Chicago Press, April 2023

Posted on May 7, 2023 by stuartelden

Danielle Allen, Justice by Means of Democracy, University of Chicago Press, April 2023 At a time of great social and political turmoil, when many residents of the leading democracies question the ability of their governments to deal fairly and competently … Continue reading →

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Extract from Foucault, Le discours philosophique (2023)

Posted on May 7, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Michel Foucault : qu’est-ce que la philosophie?, Actualité: l’univers du livre, 18/04/2023 The first 26 pages of the uncorrected proofs to the book are attached to this article. Le Discours philosophique propose ainsi une nouvelle…

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John Clarke, The Battle for Britain: Crises, Conflicts and the Conjuncture – Bristol University Press, May 2023

Posted on May 6, 2023 by stuartelden

John Clarke, The Battle for Britain: Crises, Conflicts and the Conjuncture – Bristol University Press, May 2023 This book addresses the social, political and economic turbulence in which the UK is embroiled. Drawing on Cultural Studies, it explores proliferating crises … Continue reading →

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Salar Mameni, Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics – Duke University Press, September 2023

Posted on May 6, 2023 by stuartelden

Salar Mameni, Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics – Duke University Press, September 2023 In Terracene Salar Mameni historicizes the popularization of the scientific notion of the Anthropocene alongside the emergence of the global war on terror. Mameni theorizes the Terracene as an epoch marked by … Continue reading →

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