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Rhodri Lewis, Shakespeare’s Tragic Art – Princeton University Press, October 2024

Posted on November 6, 2024 by stuartelden

Rhodri Lewis, Shakespeare’s Tragic Art – Princeton University Press, October 2024 In Shakespeare’s Tragic Art, Rhodri Lewis offers a powerfully original reassessment of tragedy as Shakespeare wrote it—of what drew him toward tragic drama, what makes his tragedies distinctive, and why … Continue reading →

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Elias J. Palti, Intellectual History and the Problem of Conceptual Change, Cambridge University Press, May 2024

Posted on November 4, 2024 by stuartelden

Elias J. Palti, Intellectual History and the Problem of Conceptual Change, Cambridge University Press, May 2024 How does long-term intellectual change occur? Can we develop a theoretical framework for understanding past systems of knowledge? In this ambitious study, Elías José Palti … Continue reading →

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Dimitris Vardoulakis, The Ruse of Techne: Heidegger’s Magical Materialism – Fordham University Press, September 2024

Posted on November 3, 2024 by stuartelden

Dimitris Vardoulakis, The Ruse of Techne: Heidegger’s Magical Materialism – Fordham University Press, September 2024 The Ruse of Techne offers a reappraisal of Heidegger’s entire work by focusing on the forms of activity he regards as separate from instrumentality. Non-instrumental activities … Continue reading →

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Madeleine Chalmers, French Technological Thought and the Nonhuman Turn – Edinburgh University Press, December 2024

Posted on November 2, 2024 by stuartelden

Madeleine Chalmers, French Technological Thought and the Nonhuman Turn – Edinburgh University Press, December 2024 Update October 2025: New Books discussion with Gina Stamm. Uncovers the nonhuman turn’s unexpected roots in the avant-gardes and mysticisms of nineteenth-century France French Technological … Continue reading →

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Nick Couldry, The Space of the World: Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media and What If It Can’t? – Polity, October 2024

Posted on October 31, 2024 by stuartelden

Nick Couldry, The Space of the World: Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media and What If It Can’t? – Polity, October 2024 update: thanks to dmf for a link to a Cultural Studies podcast discussion of the book Over the … Continue reading →

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CFP: Foucault Studies special issue – Critique beyond criticism: Crisis and potentials of critique in critical times

Posted on October 30, 2024 by stuartelden
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Christine Sypnowich, G. A. Cohen: Liberty, Justice and Equality – Polity, July 2024

Posted on October 30, 2024 by stuartelden

Christine Sypnowich, G. A. Cohen: Liberty, Justice and Equality – Polity, July 2024 Part of the Key Contemporary Thinkers series G. A. Cohen was one of the towering political philosophers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His intellectual … Continue reading →

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Theory, Culture & Society special issue ‘Thinking with Latour’ – three papers open access

Posted on October 29, 2024 by stuartelden

Theory, Culture & Society special issue ‘Thinking with Latour‘ – three papers open access. Update: Thanks to dmf and others for the link to Steven Shapin’s piece at Journal of the History of Ideas blog

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On a Discourse that Might not Be a Semblance: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XVIII, trans. Bruce Fink – Polity, October 2024

Posted on October 28, 2024 by stuartelden

On a Discourse that Might not Be a Semblance: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XVIII, trans. Bruce Fink – Polity, October 2024 The title is, at first glance, enigmatic. Clue: it concerns men and women—their most concrete, amorous, and … Continue reading →

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Kevin Curran, Shakespeare’s Theater of Judgment: Six Keywords – Edinburgh University Press, September 2024 (print and open access)

Posted on October 27, 2024 by stuartelden

Kevin Curran, Shakespeare’s Theater of Judgment: Six Keywords – Edinburgh University Press, September 2024 Available open access at the above link Part of the Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy series.

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