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Books received – Dumézil, Koyré, Delaporte, Felsch, Febvre, Meillet

Some second-hand books by dead French men bought recently, and Philipp Felsch’s How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold, translated by Daniel Bowles. The second and third books are translations by Alexandre Koyré, and the top book is a copy … Continue reading

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Resistance & Pleasure in Foucault: Recovering a lost connection – University of Warwick, 25 October 2024

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Gillian Rose, Marxist Modernism: Introductory Lectures on Frankfurt School Critical Theory – Afterword by Martin Jay, edited by James Gordon Finlayson and Robert Lucas Scott, Verso Books, September 2024 and review in Historical Materialism

Gillian Rose, Marxist Modernism: Introductory Lectures on Frankfurt School Critical Theory – Afterword by Martin Jay, edited by James Gordon Finlayson and Robert Lucas Scott, Verso Books, July 2024 I shared news of this book earlier this year, but it is now published and there is … Continue reading

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Jo van Every – How do I know when my book is ready to submit?

Jo van Every – How do I know when my book is ready to submit? Some good advice here – and not just for new authors. There are a lot of other Writing and Publishing posts and links on this site … Continue reading

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Michael J. Shapiro, Negotiating Civic Life: Literature, Film, Politics – Edinburgh University Press, May 2025

Michael J. Shapiro, Negotiating Civic Life: Literature, Film, Politics – Edinburgh University Press, May 2025

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Banu Bargu, Disembodiment: Corporeal Politics of Radical Refusal – Oxford University Press, November 2024

Banu Bargu, Disembodiment: Corporeal Politics of Radical Refusal – Oxford University Press, November 2024 Disembodiment examines self-destruction, self-injury, and self-endangerment as actions that express the injustices and indignities of the life conditions of impoverished, dispossessed, and dominated peoples. Author Banu Bargu … Continue reading

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Derrida Seminars: A Digital Repository of Jacques Derrida’s Teaching Notes

Derrida Seminars: A Digital Repository of Jacques Derrida’s Teaching Notes Several of Derrida’s Seminars (and some related material) have been edited over the past several years (Galilée and then Seuil) and translated with University of Chicago Press. I’ve only looked … Continue reading

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Emiliano Bevilacqua, Mariano Longo, Michael Hviid Jacobsen (eds.), Love and Sexuality in Social Theory – Routledge, November 2024

Emiliano Bevilacqua, Mariano Longo, Michael Hviid Jacobsen (eds.), Love and Sexuality in Social Theory – Routledge, November 2024 Just a silly priced hardback at the moment, unfortunately. Love and Sexuality in Social Theory considers the role that love and sexuality play in private … Continue reading

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Heinrich Meier, Nietzsche’s Legacy: Ecce Homo and The Antichrist, Two Books on Nature and Politics – University of Chicago Press, trans. Justin Gottschalk, March 2024, and review at NDPR

Heinrich Meier, Nietzsche’s Legacy: Ecce Homo and The Antichrist, Two Books on Nature and Politics – University of Chicago Press, trans. Justin Gottschalk, March 2024 I’ve posted about this book before, but it is reviewed by Joshua Fox at NDPR … Continue reading

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Nat Dyer, Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray – Bristol University Press, November 2024

Nat Dyer, Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray – Bristol University Press, November 2024 From the workings of financial markets to our response to the ecological crisis, economic theory shapes the world. But where … Continue reading

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