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Simone de Beauvoir, Une fois que les femmes ont ouvert les yeux: Écrits et paroles féministes (1947-1985) – Gallimard, April 2026

Posted on August 17, 2026 by stuartelden

Simone de Beauvoir, Une fois que les femmes ont ouvert les yeux: Écrits et paroles féministes (1947-1985) – Gallimard, April 2026 Publier aujourd’hui les Écrits et paroles féministes (1947-1985), c’est rappeler que Le Deuxième Sexe n’a été qu’un commencement. Pendant près de quarante … Continue reading →

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Matthew Ritger, Houses of Correction: Carceral Institutions and Humanist Culture in Early Modern England – University of Pennsylvania Press, May 2026 and New Books discussion

Posted on August 15, 2026 by stuartelden

Matthew Ritger, Houses of Correction: Carceral Institutions and Humanist Culture in Early Modern England – University of Pennsylvania Press, May 2026 New Books network discussion with Jane Degenhardt The first book-length literary history of some of early modern Europe’s most … Continue reading →

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Three Foucault books in new editions from Gallimard – to coincide with his 100th birthday

Posted on August 14, 2026 by stuartelden

Les Aveux de la chair: Histoire de la sexualité IV, ed. Frédéric Gros, Gallimard Tel, September 2026 Les Aveux de la chair, quatrième et dernier volume d’une Histoire de la sexualité, est en réalité le premier auquel Michel Foucault s’était attelé … Continue reading →

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Alex Gekker, Maps as Media – Polity, July 2026

Posted on August 13, 2026 by stuartelden

Alex Gekker, Maps as Media – Polity, July 2026 Maps have escaped from the confines of road atlases or decorative frames to being ubiquitous on our screens. Using a GPS while driving, looking for a shop on Google Maps, or … Continue reading →

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Andrew Littlejohn, We Live with the Sea: Ecologizing Safety in Post-Tsunami Japan – Duke University Press, July 2026

Posted on August 12, 2026 by stuartelden

Andrew Littlejohn, We Live with the Sea: Ecologizing Safety in Post-Tsunami Japan – Duke University Press, July 2026 Introduction open access at the above link In We Live with the Sea, Andrew Littlejohn addresses the implementation and controversy surrounding safety infrastructures … Continue reading →

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Ming Dong Gu, The Fusion of Intellectual Horizons in Chinese and Western Thought – Edinburgh University Press, June 2026

Posted on August 12, 2026 by stuartelden

Ming Dong Gu, The Fusion of Intellectual Horizons in Chinese and Western Thought – Edinburgh University Press, June 2026 Offers a convergence of ideas as the basis for a contemporary universalism with global values Locates a flow of intellectual thought … Continue reading →

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Charles Lincoln, Gods, Judges and Presidents: Trifunctional Archetypes in American Law and Government – Bloomsbury, August 2026

Posted on August 11, 2026 by stuartelden

Charles Lincoln, Gods, Judges and Presidents: Trifunctional Archetypes in American Law and Government – Bloomsbury, August 2026 Charles Lincoln interprets the U.S. Constitution through the mythic and psychological lens of Georges Dumézil’s trifunctional framework-priest, warrior, and producer-linking it to thinkers … Continue reading →

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Nicholas de Genova and Daniel I. Morales eds., Toward Border Abolition: Migrant Studies and the Law – Duke University Press, August 2026

Posted on August 11, 2026 by stuartelden

Nicholas de Genova and Daniel I. Morales eds., Toward Border Abolition: Migrant Studies and the Law – Duke University Press, August 2026 Introduction open access at the above link Toward Border Abolition is an interdisciplinary exploration of border abolition that brings … Continue reading →

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Thomás Zicman de Barros, Radical Democracy, Populism and Desire: Inside the Yellow Vests Movement – Edinburgh University Press, July 2026

Posted on August 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Thomás Zicman de Barros, Radical Democracy, Populism and Desire: Inside the Yellow Vests Movement – Edinburgh University Press, July 2026

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Miguel Vatter, Machiavelli and the Religion of the Ancients: Platonism and Radical Republicanism – Edinburgh University Press, July 2026

Posted on August 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Miguel Vatter, Machiavelli and the Religion of the Ancients: Platonism and Radical Republicanism – Edinburgh University Press, July 2026

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