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Saussure’s notes on German legends – cross-references between the different editions of these manuscripts

Posted on June 14, 2023 by stuartelden

I’ve previously discussed reading Ferdinand de Saussure’s work, mainly around the variant texts of his posthumously published Course on General Linguistics, and some of his early work on Indo-European languages. Saussure’s notes on German legends are one of the other major posthumous … Continue reading →

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Teologia politica oggi? A cura di Elettra Stimilli e Arthur Bradley – Quodlibet, 2023

Posted on June 14, 2023 by stuartelden

Teologia politica oggi? A cura di Elettra Stimilli e Arthur Bradley – Quodlibet, 2023 Nel 1922 Carl Schmitt pubblica il famoso saggio Teologia politica. L’intento di questo libro è quello di interrogarsi sul testo di Schmitt, esattamente cento anni dopo la … Continue reading →

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Julian Jackson, France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain – Harvard University Press/Allen Lane, June 2023

Posted on June 12, 2023 by stuartelden

Julian Jackson, France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain – Harvard University Press/Allen Lane, June 2023 One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French history Few images more shocked … Continue reading →

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Martin Jay, Immanent Critiques: The Frankfurt School under Pressure – Verso, October 2023

Posted on June 11, 2023 by stuartelden

Martin Jay, Immanent Critiques: The Frankfurt School under Pressure – Verso, October 2023 update November 2023: there is a New Books discussion with Ryan Tripp here Fifty years after the appearance of The Dialectical Imagination, his pioneering history of the Frankfurt School, Martin … Continue reading →

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Daniel Loick, The Abuse of Property, trans. Jacob Blumenfeld – MIT Press, August 2023

Posted on June 10, 2023 by stuartelden

Daniel Loick, The Abuse of Property, trans. Jacob Blumenfeld – MIT Press, August 2023 A fundamental critique of the current property regime, calling for radical social and political change. In The Abuse of Property, Daniel Loick offers a multifaceted philosophical critique … Continue reading →

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René Girard, All Desire is a Desire for Being: Essential Writings, ed. Cynthia L. Haven – Penguin, June 2023

Posted on June 9, 2023 by stuartelden

René Girard, All Desire is a Desire for Being: Essential Writings, ed. Cynthia L. Haven – Penguin, June 2023 Haven’s biography of Girard, Evolution of Desire, was published in 2018.

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Theory, Culture and Society Special Issue: ‘Foucault Before the Collège de France’ – *open access until mid-June*

Posted on June 9, 2023 by stuartelden

Theory, Culture and Society Special Issue: ‘Foucault Before the Collège de France‘, edited by Stuart Elden, Orazio Irrera and Daniele Lorenzini A reminder that all papers are open access until mid June 2023 – after that date only a few … Continue reading →

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Colin McFarlane, Waste and the City: The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife – Verso, August 2023

Posted on June 8, 2023 by stuartelden

Colin McFarlane, Waste and the City: The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife – Verso, August 2023 [update September 2023 – Colin reflects on the book’s writing here; and provides an open access link] In an age of … Continue reading →

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D.J.S. Cross, Deleuze and the Problem of Affect – Edinburgh University Press, May 2023 (paperback)

Posted on June 8, 2023 by stuartelden

D.J.S. Cross, Deleuze and the Problem of Affect – Edinburgh University Press, May 2023 (paperback)

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Annie Pfeifer, To the Collector Belong the Spoils: Modernism and the Art of Appropriation – Cornell University Press, 2023

Posted on June 7, 2023 by stuartelden

Annie Pfeifer, To the Collector Belong the Spoils: Modernism and the Art of Appropriation – Cornell University Press, 2023 To the Collector Belong the Spoils rethinks collecting as an artistic, revolutionary, and appropriative modernist practice, which flourishes beyond institutions like museums … Continue reading →

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