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Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, “Henri Lefebvre and the Lukács Question”, Progress in Political Economy; Henri Lefebvre and Patrick Tort, “The Lukács Question”, Historical Materialism (open access)

Posted on March 11, 2025 by stuartelden

Adam David Morton and I have a short piece at the Progress in Political Economy site – “Henri Lefebvre and the Lukács Question“ It connects to the translation and introduction in Historical Materialism of an interview Lefebvre conducted with Patrick … Continue reading →

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Aux sources de tristes tropiques. Les carnets de terrain de Claude et Dina Lévi-Strauss (1935-1939), ed. Emmanuel Désveaux et. al. – Éditions de l’EHESS, March 2025

Posted on March 11, 2025 by stuartelden

Aux sources de tristes tropiques. Les carnets de terrain de Claude et Dina Lévi-Strauss (1935-1939), ed. Emmanuel Désveaux et. al. – Éditions de l’EHESS, March 2025 « Je hais les voyages et les explorateurs ». En 1955, c’est par ces … Continue reading →

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Alexandre Koyré’s Wartime Teaching at the École Libre des Hautes Études and the New School

Posted on March 9, 2025 by stuartelden

In 1940, Alexandre Koyré was persuaded by Charles de Gaulle’s government in exile that he could make his most useful contribution to the French war effort by moving to New York and acting as secretary general of the planned École … Continue reading →

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Geoff M. Boucher, Critical Theory and the Authoritarian Personality – Edinburgh University Press, January 2025

Posted on March 8, 2025 by stuartelden

Geoff M. Boucher, Critical Theory and the Authoritarian Personality – Edinburgh University Press, January 2025

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Seyla Benhabib and Ayelet Shahar (eds.), Lawless Zones, Rightless Subjects: Migration, Asylum and Shifting Borders – Cambridge University Press, January 2025 (print and open access)

Posted on March 7, 2025 by stuartelden

Seyla Benhabib and Ayelet Shahar (eds.), Lawless Zones, Rightless Subjects: Migration, Asylum and Shifting Borders – Cambridge University Press, January 2025 (print and open access)

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Leigh Jenco, Paulina Ochoa Espejo and Murad Idris, Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction – Sage, March 2025

Posted on March 7, 2025 by stuartelden

Leigh Jenco, Paulina Ochoa Espejo and Murad Idris, Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction – Sage, March 2025 This groundbreaking work presents a transformative perspective on political theory. This text is not just an introduction to political theory, it’s … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, “Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France”, History of European Ideas, Vol 51 No 2, 2025, 276-89 (open access)

Posted on March 6, 2025 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden, “Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France“, History of European Ideas, Vol 51 No 2, 276-89, 2025. This has been online first for a while, but has now appeared in an issue. Available open access. This article discusses … Continue reading →

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The rediscovery of the typescripts of Foucault’s History of Madness and introduction and translation of Kant’s Anthropology, annotated by Foucault

Posted on March 5, 2025 by stuartelden

This is very interesting – the discovery of typescript versions of Foucault’s History of Madness and introduction and translation of Kant’s Anthropology, annotated by Foucault – Emmanuel le Doeff, À la découverte des thèses annotées de Michel Foucault (open access, … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre and Patrick Tort, “The Lukács Question”, translated by Federico Testa, edited and introduced by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, Historical Materialism (open access)

Posted on March 5, 2025 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre and Patrick Tort, “The Lukács Question”, translated by Federico Testa, edited and introduced by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, Historical Materialism. Now available online first and open access. This developed out of the work that went into Henri … Continue reading →

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Martin Mittelmeir, Naples 1925: Adorno, Benjamin, and the Summer That Made Critical Theory, trans. Shelley Frisch, Yale University Press, November 2024

Posted on March 4, 2025 by stuartelden

Martin Mittelmeir, Naples 1925: Adorno, Benjamin, and the Summer That Made Critical Theory, trans. Shelley Frisch, Yale University Press, November 2024 Discussed at The Virtual Memories show – thanks to dmf for the link In the 1920s, the Gulf of … Continue reading →

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