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Books written by French professors while prisoners of war in World War II, and the Université de Captivité in Oflag XVII-A

Posted on September 28, 2025 by stuartelden

There are many famous books written in prison, from Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy to Antonio Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks. Socrates’ final words in prison are dramatized by Plato in the Crito. The Marquis de Sade wrote some of his books in prison, and Miguel … Continue reading →

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Siân Echard, Facsimile: Making, Likeness, and Medieval Manuscripts – Penn Press, October 2025

Posted on September 27, 2025 by stuartelden

Siân Echard, Facsimile: Making, Likeness, and Medieval Manuscripts – Penn Press, October 2025 An unprecedented cultural history of reproductions of medieval manuscripts Facsimiles are, or claim to be, exact copies of objects, and medieval manuscripts have long been a focus for … Continue reading →

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Nataša Kovačević, Nonaligned Imagination: Yugoslavia, the Global South, and Literary Solidarities Beyond the Cold War Blocs – Northwestern University Press, September 2025

Posted on September 26, 2025 by stuartelden

Nataša Kovačević, Nonaligned Imagination: Yugoslavia, the Global South, and Literary Solidarities Beyond the Cold War Blocs – Northwestern University Press, September 2025 Recovering the literary and intellectual history of anticolonial collaborations Preoccupied with developing a multiethnic, postcolonial culture and seeking an … Continue reading →

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The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History: A JHI Blog Forum

Posted on September 26, 2025 by stuartelden

The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History: A JHI Blog Forum Introduction by Jonathon Catlin, Paige Pendarvis, and Jacob Saliba In recent years, intellectual history has been said to be undergoing a renaissance at the same time as it … Continue reading →

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Theo Riofrancos, Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism – WW Norton, October 2025

Posted on September 25, 2025 by stuartelden

Theo Riofrancos, Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism – WW Norton, October 2025 “Dazzling in the bold questions it asks.…An immense contribution.” —Naomi Klein An in-depth investigation into the growing industry of green technologies and the environmental, social, and political consequences … Continue reading →

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Amit Varshizky, The Metaphysics of Race: Science and Faith in the Nazi Worldview – Routledge, November 2024 and New Books discussion

Posted on September 24, 2025 by stuartelden

Amit Varshizky, The Metaphysics of Race: Science and Faith in the Nazi Worldview – Routledge< November 2024 New Books discussion with Amir Engel. Thanks to dmf for the link. This book seeks to reframe debates on the conflicting scientific and spiritual traditions … Continue reading →

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Mehdi Parsa, Machinic Ontology – Palgrave Macmillan, August 2025

Posted on September 24, 2025 by stuartelden

Mehdi Parsa, Machinic Ontology – Palgrave Macmillan, August 2025 This book considers the becoming-concept of the machine-metaphor. It explores the intersections between this becoming and the development of the concepts of life, organism, and technics. It seeks to introduce universal … Continue reading →

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Katja Diefenbach, Spinoza in Post-Marxist Philosophy: Speculative Materialism – trans. Gerrit Jackson, Edinburgh University Press, November 2025

Posted on September 23, 2025 by stuartelden

Katja Diefenbach, Spinoza in Post-Marxist Philosophy: Speculative Materialism – trans. Gerrit Jackson, Edinburgh University Press, November 2025 Expensive, and e-book is currently listed for the same price, unfortunately.

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Brett Heino, Literary Geographies and the Work of David Ireland: An Australian Atlas – Springer, 2025

Posted on September 23, 2025 by stuartelden

Brett Heino, Literary Geographies and the Work of David Ireland: An Australian Atlas – Springer, 2025 book launch with Adam David Morton, 31 October 2025 – Glee books, Sydney Update November 2025: Brett’s comments from the launch are here; Adam’s comments are … Continue reading →

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Étienne Wolff and the biology of monsters – writing as a prisoner of war, Collège de France administrator, and the engagement with his work by Georges Canguilhem, Georges Bataille and Michel Foucault

Posted on September 21, 2025 by stuartelden

In exploring the histories of professors and their teaching at the Collège de France, I’ve often looked at correspondence between chairs, candidates and the administrator. Administrators are elected from within the professoriate and have quite a lot of power in … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Koyré, Étienne Wolff, Canguilhem (book), Fernand Braudel, Georges Bataille, Georges Canguilhem, Michel Foucault, Sunday Histories, The Archaeology of Foucault, Uncategorized | 8 Comments