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How Literary Agents Made Italian Publishing Transnational: An Interview with Anna Ferrando

Posted on August 15, 2025 by stuartelden

How Literary Agents Made Italian Publishing Transnational: An Interview with Anna Ferrando – Journal of the History of Ideas blog with Rose Facchini Anna Ferrando is a researcher in Contemporary History at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the … Continue reading →

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Bettina Brandt & Daniel L. Purdy eds. Colonialism and Enlightenment: The Legacy of German Race Theories – Oxford University Press, November 2025

Posted on August 15, 2025 by stuartelden

Bettina Brandt & Daniel L. Purdy eds. Colonialism and Enlightenment: The Legacy of German Race Theories – Oxford University Press, November 2025 For the last 30 years, scholars have treated Enlightenment race theory and nineteenth-century German colonialism as two distinct … Continue reading →

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Martin Shuster, Critical Theory: The Basics – Routledge, 2024 and New Books discussion

Posted on August 14, 2025 by stuartelden

Martin Shuster, Critical Theory: The Basics – Routledge, 2024 New Books discussion with Dave O’Brien

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Michel Foucault, Histoire de la vérité – Cours à l’Université d’État de New York à Buffalo, mars et avril 1972 – eds. Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Orazio Irrera, Vrin, October 2025

Posted on August 13, 2025 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, Histoire de la vérité – Cours à l’Université d’État de New York à Buffalo, mars et avril 1972 – eds. Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Orazio Irrera, Vrin, October 2025 Comment s’est constituée, à travers le temps, la conception de … Continue reading →

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“Models of Ideological Analysis” and “Ideology: Marx and Lukacs” by Fredric Jameson, Opening Lectures of 1977 Institute on Culture & Society (audio)

Posted on August 12, 2025 by stuartelden

“Models of Ideological Analysis” by Fredric Jameson, Opening Lecture of 1977 Institute on Culture & Society (audio recording) Remastered audio of Fredric Jamesons opening lecture at the 1977 Institute On Culture & Society sponsored by the Marxist Literary Group and … Continue reading →

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Thomas M. Wilson ed. Border Studies: A Multidisciplinary Approach – Edward Elgar, August 2025

Posted on August 11, 2025 by stuartelden

Thomas M. Wilson ed. Border Studies: A Multidisciplinary Approach – Edward Elgar, August 2025 Very expensive hardback only, unfortunately, but e-book also available. This multidisciplinary book provides a diverse overview of social science approaches to geopolitical borders, social boundaries and … Continue reading →

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Matthew Clayton, Independence for Children – Oxford University Press, March 2025

Posted on August 9, 2025 by stuartelden

Matthew Clayton, Independence for Children – Oxford University Press, March 2025 Independence for Children presents an alternative conception of parenting to those that have dominated our thinking about children and the family to date. It offers an elaboration and defence of … Continue reading →

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Maxim Samson, Earth Shapers: How Humans Mastered Geography and Remade the World, from the Panama Canal to the Baltic Way – University of Chicago Press, October 2025 and New Books discussion

Posted on August 9, 2025 by stuartelden

Maxim Samson, Earth Shapers: How Humans Mastered Geography and Remade the World, from the Panama Canal to the Baltic Way – University of Chicago Press, October 2025 The globetrotting story of how humans have harnessed the geographical landscape and written ourselves … Continue reading →

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Two-part television interview with Georges Dumézil, CBC 1984

Posted on August 8, 2025 by stuartelden

Two-part television interview with Georges Dumézil, 1984, Rencontres, CBC with Marcel Brisebois Entrevue avec Georges Dumézil (1898-1986), membre de l’Académie française et professeur au Collège de France. Sujets abordés : – La signification du terme «indo-européen» et de «peuples indo-européens» … Continue reading →

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Herbert S. Lewis, Correcting the Record: Essays on the History of American Anthropology – Berghahn Books, December 2024

Posted on August 7, 2025 by stuartelden

Herbert S. Lewis, Correcting the Record: Essays on the History of American Anthropology – Berghahn Books, December 2024 The critique of twentieth-century American anthropology often portrays anthropologists of the past as servants of colonialism who “extracted” information from indigenous peoples and … Continue reading →

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