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The limited copies of the 1940 edition of Georges Dumézil’s Mitra-Varuna

Posted on March 22, 2026 by stuartelden

In 1943, the American librarian and Sanskrit scholar Horace Poleman wrote a review of Georges Dumézil’s 1940 book Mitra-Varuna: Essai sur deux représentations indo-européennes de la souveraineté for the Journal of the American Oriental Society. Interestingly, given the accusations made of Dumézil’s politics, Poleman … Continue reading →

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Teresa M. Bejan, First Among Equals: Visions of Equality before Egalitarianism — Harvard University Press, October 2026

Posted on March 21, 2026 by stuartelden

Teresa M. Bejan, First Among Equals: Visions of Equality before Egalitarianism — Harvard University Press, October 2026 An incisive account of how equality transformed from an abstract ideal into a concrete social and political vision, thanks to seventeenth-century English dissidents … Continue reading →

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Joseph Tonda, Postcolonial Imperialism: Critique of the Society of Dazzlements – trans. Cheryl Smeall, Duke University Press, April 2026

Posted on March 20, 2026 by stuartelden

Joseph Tonda, Postcolonial Imperialism: Critique of the Society of Dazzlements – trans. Cheryl Smeall, Duke University Press, April 2026 Introduction available open access Postcolonial Imperialism considers the inability to distinguish between reality and fiction as a key condition of contemporary life. … Continue reading →

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Joseph Acquisto, Baudelaire’s Objects – Bloomsbury, May 2026

Posted on March 19, 2026 by stuartelden

Joseph Acquisto, Baudelaire’s Objects – Bloomsbury, May 2026 Examines Baudelaire’s multifaceted use of natural, domestic, urban, and esthetic objects in his verse and prose poetry, as well as the ways his poems reshape our understanding of objects and how those … Continue reading →

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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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