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Philip Hutch and Elaine Stratford, Landscape, Association, Empire: Imagining Van Diemen’s Land – Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Posted on December 10, 2023 by stuartelden

Philip Hutch and Elaine Stratford, Landscape, Association, Empire: Imagining Van Diemen’s Land – Palgrave Macmillan, 2023 This book tells a compelling story about invasion, settler colonialism, and an emergent sense of identity in place, as seen through topographical and landscape … Continue reading →

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Foucault News Info wanted: What fountain pen did Foucault write with?

Posted on December 9, 2023 by stuartelden

At Foucault News, Clare O’Farrell asks for information – What fountain pen did Foucault write with? Editor: I have recently developed an interest in fountain pens and was wondering if anybody knew what brand of fountain pen Foucault used? He may have used a … Continue reading →

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W.C. Hackett, Outside the Gates – Angelico, 2021 (historical novel about Jean Wahl)

Posted on December 8, 2023 by stuartelden

W.C. Hackett, Outside the Gates – Angelico, 2021 The gates of Drancy Internment Camp in the northeast suburbs of Paris served as a holding pen for thousands of Jews during the German occupation of France in World War II. Jean … Continue reading →

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Dana Luciano, How The Earth Feels: Geological Fantasy in Nineteenth-Century America – Duke UP, January 2024 (open access introduction)

Posted on December 7, 2023 by stuartelden

Dana Luciano, How The Earth Feels: Geological Fantasy in Nineteenth-Century America – Duke University Press, January 2024 The introduction is available open access here In How the Earth Feels Dana Luciano examines the impacts of the new science of geology on nineteenth-century … Continue reading →

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Karl Marx, Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume I – trans. Paul Reitter, ed. Paul Reitter and Paul North, preface by Wendy Brown, afterword by William Clare Roberts – Princeton University Press, September 2024

Posted on December 6, 2023 by stuartelden

Karl Marx, Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume I – trans. Paul Reitter, ed. Paul Reitter and Paul North, preface by Wendy Brown, afterword by William Clare Roberts – Princeton University Press, September 2024 Karl Marx (1818–1883) was living in exile in … Continue reading →

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David Storey, Territories: The Claiming of Space – new edition, Routledge, May 2024

Posted on December 5, 2023 by stuartelden

David Storey, Territories: The Claiming of Space – new edition, Routledge, May 2024 (The Routledge description says second edition, but there was one before their first with a different press.) Territories are more than simply bounded spaces; they reflect the … Continue reading →

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Catherine Malabou, Stop Thief! Anarchism and Philosophy – Polity, trans. Carolyn Shread, November 2023

Posted on December 4, 2023 by stuartelden

Catherine Malabou, Stop Thief! Anarchism and Philosophy – Polity, trans. Carolyn Shread, November 2023 Many contemporary philosophers – including Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and Giorgio Agamben – ascribe an ethical or political value to anarchy, but none ever called themselves … Continue reading →

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Bruce Lincoln, Secrets, Lies, and Consequences: A Great Scholar’s Hidden Past and his Protégé’s Unsolved Murder – Oxford University Press, March 2024

Posted on December 3, 2023 by stuartelden

Bruce Lincoln, Secrets, Lies, and Consequences: A Great Scholar’s Hidden Past and his Protégé’s Unsolved Murder – Oxford University Press, March 2024 The tale of a legendary scholar, an unsolved murder, and the mysterious documents that may connect themIn early … Continue reading →

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Jure Vidmar, Territorial Status in International Law – Bloomsbury, January 2024

Posted on December 2, 2023 by stuartelden

Jure Vidmar, Territorial Status in International Law – Bloomsbury, January 2024 This book develops a new theory of territorialism and international legal status of territories. It (i) defines the concept of territory, explaining how territories are created; (ii) redefines the … Continue reading →

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Gillian Rose, Marxist Modernism: Introductory Lectures on Frankfurt School Critical Theory – Verso, August 2024 

Posted on December 1, 2023 by stuartelden

Gillian Rose, Marxist Modernism: Introductory Lectures on Frankfurt School Critical Theory – Verso, August 2024  Marxist Modernism presents for the first time Gillian Rose’s 1979 lectures on the Frankfurt School, art, and politics. Delivered soon after the publication of her now … Continue reading →

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