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Appel à communication – 11e rencontres doctorales du Centre Michel Foucault (2026)

Posted on March 30, 2026 by stuartelden
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Tamara T. Chin, The Silk Road Idea: Ancient Contact in the Modern Human Sciences – University of Chicago Press, November 2026

Posted on March 30, 2026 by stuartelden

Tamara T. Chin, The Silk Road Idea: Ancient Contact in the Modern Human Sciences – University of Chicago Press, November 2026 Traces the rise and fall of a set of modern disciplinary fields devoted to premodern historical contact that drew … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s 1972 visit to Attica prison

Posted on March 29, 2026 by stuartelden

In April 1972, during his second teaching visit to SUNY Buffalo, Michel Foucault visited Attica prison. The two visits to Buffalo are important for his teaching, which I discuss briefly here and in more detail in a piece in Foucault Studies. Leonhard Riep discusses … Continue reading →

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Quentin Deluermoz, The Paris Commune: A Global History – Verso, May 2026

Posted on March 28, 2026 by stuartelden

Quentin Deluermoz, The Paris Commune: A Global History – Verso, May 2026 The Paris Commune as world revolutionary event and laboratory for republican and socialist ideas  In 1871 and over the years to follow, the impact of the Paris Commune … Continue reading →

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Martin Jay, Magical Nominalism: The Historical Event, Aesthetic Reechantment, and the Photograph – University of Chicago Press, January 2025

Posted on March 27, 2026 by stuartelden

Martin Jay, Magical Nominalism: The Historical Event, Aesthetic Reechantment, and the Photograph – University of Chicago Press, January 2025 A bold and wide-ranging study across centuries, examining the conflict between “conventional” and “magical” nominalism in philosophy, history, aesthetics, political theory, … Continue reading →

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Stefania Achella, Bojana Jovićević, Francesca Iannelli, and Eleonora Caramelli eds. Against the “Law of the Father”: Hegel’s Disobedient Readings – Brill, February 2026

Posted on March 26, 2026 by stuartelden

Stefania Achella, Bojana Jovićević, Francesca Iannelli, and Eleonora Caramelli eds. Against the “Law of the Father”: Hegel’s Disobedient Readings – Brill, February 2026 Why discuss disobedience in relation to Hegel? The answer lies in how his philosophy, particularly through his … Continue reading →

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Caroline Kuzemko, Climate Politics: Can’t Live with It, Can’t Mitigate without It, Cambridge University Press, February 2026 (print and open access)

Posted on March 25, 2026 by stuartelden

Caroline Kuzemko, Climate Politics: Can’t Live with It, Can’t Mitigate without It, Cambridge University Press, February 2026 (print and open access) By exploring the dynamic relationships between politics, policymaking, and policy over time, this book aims to explain why climate … Continue reading →

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Working Knowledge: A Simon Schaffer Reader, eds. Charlotte Bigg, John Tresch, and Simon Werrett – University of Chicago Press, April 2026

Posted on March 24, 2026 by stuartelden

Working Knowledge: A Simon Schaffer Reader, eds. Charlotte Bigg, John Tresch, and Simon Werrett – University of Chicago Press, April 2026 Collects key articles by Simon Schaffer, one of the most important historians of science working today. Working Knowledge is the … Continue reading →

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Zygmunt Bauman’s ‘living bibliography’ and Dave Beer’s thoughts on his book reviews

Posted on March 23, 2026 by stuartelden
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Dror Yinon, Deleuze and the Problem of Experience: Transcendental Empiricism – Bloomsbury, July 2025 and NDPR review

Posted on March 23, 2026 by stuartelden

Dror Yinon, Deleuze and the Problem of Experience: Transcendental Empiricism – Bloomsbury, July 2025 NDPR review by George Webster This comprehensive reframing of Gilles Deleuze as a transcendental empiricist delves into his seminal Difference and Repetition to unearth a system that inverts the … Continue reading →

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