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Fernando Cabo Aseguinolaza and Tomás Espino Barrera, eds. Space, Affect, Memory: Literary geographies in transnational and transdisciplinary comparison – UCL Press, October 2025 (print and open access)

Posted on October 13, 2025 by stuartelden

Fernando Cabo Aseguinolaza and Tomás Espino Barrera, eds. Space, Affect, Memory: Literary geographies in transnational and transdisciplinary comparison – UCL Press, October 2025 Available in print and open access. Space, Affect, Memory highlights the centrality of space in modern and contemporary … Continue reading →

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Did Benveniste read Derrida’s Of Grammatology?

Posted on October 12, 2025 by stuartelden

Jacques Derrida was certainly a careful reader of Émile Benveniste. He wrote a critique of Benveniste in “Le supplément de copule. La philosophie devant la linguistique” which appeared in 1971, in a special issue of Langages, “Épistémologie de la linguistique” edited … Continue reading →

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Maxim Samson, Earth Shapers: How We Mapped and Mastered the World, from the Panama Canal to the Baltic Way – Profile Books, August 2025; University of Chicago Press, October 2025

Posted on October 11, 2025 by stuartelden

Maxim Samson, Earth Shapers: How We Mapped and Mastered the World, from the Panama Canal to the Baltic Way – Profile Books, August 2025; University of Chicago Press, October 2025 The globetrotting story of how humans have harnessed the geographical … Continue reading →

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André Laks, Plato’s Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws – Princeton University Press, paperback September 2025

Posted on October 11, 2025 by stuartelden

André Laks, Plato’s Second Republic: An Essay on the Laws – Princeton University Press, paperback September 2025 In Plato’s Second Republic, André Laks argues that the Laws, Plato’s last and longest dialogue, is also his most important political work, surpassing the Republic in historical relevance. Laks offers a … Continue reading →

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Daniel J. Sherman, Sensations: French Archaeology between Science and Spectacle, 1890–1940 – University of Chicago Press, May 2025 and New Books discussion with Sarah Miles

Posted on October 10, 2025 by stuartelden

Daniel J. Sherman, Sensations: French Archaeology between Science and Spectacle, 1890–1940 – University of Chicago Press, May 2025 New Books discussion with Sarah Mills. Thanks to dmf for the link. Delves into two controversies from the French archaeological world to illuminate … Continue reading →

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Leovino Madriaga Garcia, Ricoeur’s Early Ethical Philosophy: Explorations of Responsibility and Hope – Bloomsbury, September 2025

Posted on October 9, 2025 by stuartelden

Leovino Madriaga Garcia, Ricoeur’s Early Ethical Philosophy: Explorations of Responsibility and Hope – Bloomsbury, September 2025 Using the themes of responsibility and hope, this introduction to the thought of Paul Ricoeur addresses both the beginner and the specialist.By focusing on … Continue reading →

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Janae Sholtz, The Invention of a People: Heidegger and Deleuze on Art and the Political – Edinburgh University Press, paperback 2025

Posted on October 9, 2025 by stuartelden

Janae Sholtz, The Invention of a People: Heidegger and Deleuze on Art and the Political – Edinburgh University Press, paperback 2025 Ten years after its initial publication, this book is finally available in paperback. A multi-layered reading of the intersections … Continue reading →

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Rossella Saetta Cottone ed. Clémence Ramnoux, entre mythes et philosophie: Dumézil, Freud, Bachelard (avec des inédits de Clémence Ramnoux) – Éditions Rue d’Ulm, October 2025

Posted on October 8, 2025 by stuartelden

Rossella Saetta Cottone ed. Clémence Ramnoux, entre mythes et philosophie: Dumézil, Freud, Bachelard (avec des inédits de Clémence Ramnoux) – Éditions Rue d’Ulm, October 2025 Some excerpts available here; parts available online with subscription. Ramnoux’s Œuvres were published a few … Continue reading →

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Andrew Alexander Davis and Sebastian Rand eds., New Perspectives on Hegel’s Philosophy of Right – Bloomsbury, August 2025

Posted on October 8, 2025 by stuartelden

Andrew Alexander Davis and Sebastian Rand eds., New Perspectives on Hegel’s Philosophy of Right – Bloomsbury, August 2025 This collection of new perspectives on Hegel’s Philosophy of Right breaks down some of the most stubborn barriers between the book and its readers. … Continue reading →

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Books received – Canguilhem, Jerrems, Hayter and Harvey, Leary-Owhin

Posted on October 7, 2025 by stuartelden

The final volume of Georges Canguilhem, Oeuvres complètes, Ari Jerrems, The Spatial Limits of Political Community, Teresa Hayter and David Harvey, The Factory and the City: The Story of the Cowley Automobile Workers in Oxford and Michael Edema Leary-Ohwin, Exploring … Continue reading →

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