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Isabel Feichtner, Susanne Heeg, Anne Klingenmeier, Gesine Langlotz and Katja Schubel  eds., Stadt – Land – Boden: Verbindende Bodenpolitik zwischen Stadt und Land – transcript, August 2025, open access

Posted on January 24, 2026 by stuartelden

Isabel Feichtner, Susanne Heeg, Anne Klingenmeier, Gesine Langlotz and Katja Schubel  eds., Stadt – Land – Boden: Verbindende Bodenpolitik zwischen Stadt und Land – transcript, August 2025, open access Bodenpolitische Fragen sind zukunftsweisend, denn sie entscheiden über Erhalt oder Zerstörung unserer … Continue reading →

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Chris O’Kane, Social Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination in Marx, Lukács, Adorno, and Lefebvre – Brill, March 2026

Posted on January 23, 2026 by stuartelden

Chris O’Kane, Social Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination in Marx, Lukács, Adorno, and Lefebvre – Brill, March 2026 The Marxian theory of fetishism is usually interpreted as a theory of false consciousness, alienation, or reification pertaining to commodities or culture. … Continue reading →

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Christophe Bouton, Sur les traces du temps – Minuit, 2026

Posted on January 22, 2026 by stuartelden

Christophe Bouton, Sur les traces du temps – Minuit, 2026 thanks to John Raimo for the link Qu’est-ce que le temps ? Constitue-t-il une réalité autonome ou une simple relation entre les êtres ? Un élément irréductible du monde ou … Continue reading →

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Duncan Kelly, Worlds of Wartime: The First World War and the Reconstruction of Modern Politics – Oxford University Press, November 2025

Posted on January 22, 2026 by stuartelden

Duncan Kelly, Worlds of Wartime: The First World War and the Reconstruction of Modern Politics – Oxford University Press, November 2025 I’ve shared news of this major study, of a massive topic – 784 pages! – before. There is now a … Continue reading →

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Anne O. Law, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants – Oxford University Press, March 2026

Posted on January 21, 2026 by stuartelden

Anne O. Law, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants – Oxford University Press, March 2026 Since the late nineteenth century, the US federal government has enjoyed exclusive authority to decide whether someone has the … Continue reading →

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Gautham Rao, White Power: Policing American Slavery – University of North Carolina Press, May 2026

Posted on January 20, 2026 by stuartelden

Gautham Rao, White Power: Policing American Slavery – University of North Carolina Press, May 2026 Beginning in the colonial era and growing through the American Revolution and the Southern plantation system, slaveholders’ violent police regime continued after Emancipation, through Reconstruction, … Continue reading →

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Alex Sharpe, We’re Nobody’s Children: David Bowie and Existentialism – Counterpress, February 2026

Posted on January 19, 2026 by stuartelden

Alex Sharpe, We’re Nobody’s Children: David Bowie and Existentialism – Counterpress, February 2026 This book brings existentialist philosophy (atheistic and Christian) to life through the artistic life of David Bowie. Working with Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, … Continue reading →

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Andrea Bagnato, Terra Infecta: Disease and the Italian Landscape – Mack, January 2026 and interview at JHI blog

Posted on January 17, 2026 by stuartelden

Andrea Bagnato, Terra Infecta: Disease and the Italian Landscape – Mack, January 2026 Ranging from Italian unification to the aftershocks of Covid-19, and drawing on architectural records, medical history, and the author’s own travels, Terra Infecta reveals the lived realities of grand … Continue reading →

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William Whyte, The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood – Harvard University Press, August 2026

Posted on January 17, 2026 by stuartelden

William Whyte, The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood – Harvard University Press, August 2026 We often idealize the university as a sanctuary for disinterested reason, where material concerns are set aside in favor of higher principles. Yet … Continue reading →

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Alain Badiou, A Political Life: 1937-1985 – trans. Robin Mackay, Polity, November 2025

Posted on January 16, 2026 by stuartelden

Alain Badiou, A Political Life: 1937-1985 – trans. Robin Mackay, Polity, November 2025 In this book, the renowned philosopher and polymath Alain Badiou tells the story of the first five decades of his life, from 1937 to 1985, setting it … Continue reading →

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