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Samuel Mace, Carl Schmitt in the Middle East: Unstable Decisionism and the Failure of Political Orders – Palgrave Macmillan, August 2026 This book presents a critical examination of Carl Schmitt’s political framework, particularly in the context of decisionist regimes in … Continue reading →
Michael R. Griffiths, The Death of the Author and Anticolonial Thought – Palgrave Macmillan, 2025 New Books discussion with Maths Frickhoeffer – thanks to dmf for the link The Death of the Author and Anticolonial Thought promises to transform a decades … Continue reading →
Speakers Sabeen AhmedAmy AllenVerena Erlenbusch-AndersonNiki Kasumi ClementsPenelope DeutscherDavid HalperinAmy HollywoodLynne HufferDaniele LorenziniDonovan Schaefer Register for each day separately Register: Sept 24 Register: Sept 25
Jennifer C. James, Captive Ecologies: The Environmental Afterlives of Slavery – Duke University Press, August 2026 Introduction open access at the above link Captive Ecologies makes a case for the ecological significance of slavery’s afterlife, tracing the complex entanglements between racial … Continue reading →
Ian Hunter, The Kantian Religion – Princeton University Press, April/June 2026 Interview at the Journal of the History of Ideas blog with Rex Butler Thanks to Foucault News and dmf for the links Kantian philosophy is typically viewed as providing … Continue reading →
Helen Deutsch, The Last Amateur: Jonathan Swift, Edward Said, and the Profession of Literature – University of Chicago Press, June 2026 Joining the unfinished conversation between the satirist Jonathan Swift and the critic Edward Said, The Last Amateur argues for the transformative … Continue reading →
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 →
Suzanne Bachelard (18 October 1919-3 November 2007) was the daughter of Gaston Bachelard. Her mother died in June 1920 when she was still an infant, and she was brought up by her father. She would sit in on his teaching … Continue reading →
Giorgio Agamben, The Time of Thinking: The Le Thor Seminars with Heidegger (1966 and 1968), trans. Francesco Guercio and Ian Alexander Moore, Seagull, January 2027 A glimpse into philosopher Giorgio Agamben’s formative encounter with Martin Heidegger, told through his notes from the Le Thor … Continue reading →
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 →
