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Neil Gray, Take Over the City: Spatial Composition in Italian Autonomy – Common Notions, August 2026

Posted on March 18, 2026 by stuartelden

Neil Gray, Take Over the City: Spatial Composition in Italian Autonomy – Common Notions, August 2026 Take Over the City provides the first comprehensive spatial analysis of Italian operaismo and the extraordinary urban struggles of 1970s Italy. Take Over the … Continue reading →

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William Carruthers, Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia and the Recolonization of Archaeology – Cornell University Press, December 2022; paperback March 2026

Posted on March 17, 2026 by stuartelden

William Carruthers, Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia and the Recolonization of Archaeology – Cornell University Press, December 2022; paperback March 2026 Flooded Pasts examines a world famous yet critically underexamined event—UNESCO’s International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia (1960–80)—to show how … Continue reading →

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Catherine Boland Erkkila, Spaces of Immigration: American Ports, Railways, and Settlements – University of Pittsburgh Press, April 2025 and New Books discussion

Posted on March 16, 2026 by stuartelden

Catherine Boland Erkkila, Spaces of Immigration: American Ports, Railways, and Settlements – University of Pittsburgh Press, April 2025 New Books discussion with Matt Wells – thanks to dmf for the link By transporting waves of newly arrived immigrants along rail lines … Continue reading →

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The Books on Territory I Didn’t Write, and the Related Articles I Did

Posted on March 15, 2026 by stuartelden

At various points over the last twenty-five years or so, I’ve debated writing different books on territory. Many of the articles I’ve written on this topic were early versions of parts of the books I did write on territory, but … Continue reading →

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Kiri Olivia Santner, The Borders of Responsibility: Migration Control in the Mediterranean Sea – Duke University Press, May 2026

Posted on March 14, 2026 by stuartelden

Kiri Olivia Santner, The Borders of Responsibility: Migration Control in the Mediterranean Sea – Duke University Press, May 2026 While migrants face many dangers in attempting to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea—from drowning to dying of dehydration—they also … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Arditi, The Book of Others: Schmitt, Althusser, Laclau, Rancière and Politics – Routledge, October 2025

Posted on March 14, 2026 by stuartelden

Benjamin Arditi, The Book of Others: Schmitt, Althusser, Laclau, Rancière and Politics – Routledge, October 2025 In The Book of Others, Benjamin Arditi examines the enduring theoretical influence of four major political thinkers—Carl Schmitt, Louis Althusser, Ernesto Laclau, and Jacques Rancière—whom … Continue reading →

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Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor eds. Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces – Cornell University Press, July 2026

Posted on March 13, 2026 by stuartelden

Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor eds. Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces – Cornell University Press, July 2026 While interconnections between humanitarian actors and military operations are a pervasive feature of contemporary conflicts around the globe today, Military Humanitarianism challenges the … Continue reading →

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Sarah C. Dunstan and Ian Stewart eds. Race in the Modern World: An intellectual History – Cambridge University Press, August 2026

Posted on March 12, 2026 by stuartelden

Sarah C. Dunstan and Ian Stewart eds. Race in the Modern World: An intellectual History – Cambridge University Press, August 2026 Few ideas have had a more powerful effect on the modern world than that of race, yet few ideas … Continue reading →

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Reading Iran – Stanford University Press

Posted on March 12, 2026 by stuartelden

Reading suggestions from Stanford University Press.

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Jacques Rancière, Distant Freedom: Essay on Chekhov – trans. Steven Corcoran, Polity, February 2026

Posted on March 11, 2026 by stuartelden

Jacques Rancière, Distant Freedom: Essay on Chekhov – trans. Steven Corcoran, Polity, February 2026 Chekhov’s fiction offers a subtle yet powerful message: another life is possible. Something can always happen to our lives – a possibility that breaks the monotony … Continue reading →

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