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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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Claude Lévi-Strauss and Roger Caillois – Race, Games and a Ceremonial Sword

Posted on December 28, 2025 by stuartelden

Roger Caillois and Claude Lévi-Strauss both spent the war in exile from France. Lévi-Strauss had done fieldwork in Brazil in the 1930s, but when he left France he went through Martinique and was detained in Puerto Rico before going to … Continue reading →

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Melissa Adler, Surveillance in the Empire of Liberty: Why Thomas Jefferson Matters in Our Information Age – Bloomsbury, January 2026

Posted on December 27, 2025 by stuartelden

Melissa Adler, Surveillance in the Empire of Liberty: Why Thomas Jefferson Matters in Our Information Age – Bloomsbury, January 2026 Examines the formation of a surveillance state through a close examination of Thomas Jefferson’s plantation management techniques and political actions. With … Continue reading →

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Gary Slater, Lisa Landoe Hedrick eds. Ethics Across Borders: Reimagining Religious, Political, and Ecological Divides – Routledge, December 2025

Posted on December 24, 2025 by stuartelden

Gary Slater, Lisa Landoe Hedrick eds. Ethics Across Borders: Reimagining Religious, Political, and Ecological Divides – Routledge, December 2025 Ethics Across Borders assembles perspectives from geographers, historians, theologians, philosophers, and scientists to explore ethically relevant connections across multiple types of borders. … Continue reading →

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Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn and Nicholas Draper, Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past – UCL Press, November 2025 (print and open access)

Posted on December 23, 2025 by stuartelden

Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn and Nicholas Draper, Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past – UCL Press, November 2025 (print and open access) This groundbreaking book brings together the latest academic research on Britain’s involvement in transatlantic … Continue reading →

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