Hilary Bergen, Dance Anima: Techniques of Vitality Oxford University Press, 2026 Description This introduction explores the etymology of the word “anima” (Latin for soul or breath) and the contradictions inherent in thinking about dance: a force which cannot be fully controlled or contained but which is also an extractable energetic capital with humanist value. A …
Julie Assouly & Esther Heboyan (eds.) “Elsewhere” in American Cinema. How Hollywood Represents the World, Bloomsbury, 2026 Description The foreign ‘elsewhere’ has long been depicted in American cinema as a site of fascination and fantasy, shaping how Western audiences view the world. ‘Elsewhere’ in American Cinema explores how these portrayals have also created enduring stereotypes …
Ian Hunter, The Kantian Religion, Princeton University Press, 2026. A historical inquiry into Kantian philosophy as a form of philosophical religion Kantian philosophy is typically viewed as providing a universal theory of knowledge and morality based on timeless principles retrieved from the human mind. In The Kantian Religion, Ian Hunter offers a starkly different account. …
Maurizio Meloni, Coloniality and Structural Othering in European Thought A Racialized Canon, Routledge 2026 This book provides a historical and conceptual analysis of patterns of racialized otherness in European thought, traversing primary sources, historical periods, and national archives, to show that the longue durée of structural othering beyond individual disciplinary canons is essential to making …
Stephen J. Ball, Education Policy and Social Class The Selected Works of Stephen J. Ball, Routledge, 2026 Bringing together twenty years of research and writing, this book provides an overview of Stephen Ball’s career and shows not only the development of his most important ideas but also the long-lasting contributions he has made to the …
Emily Eakin, The Frenchmen. Or, My Life in Theory, Penguin Random House, 2026 Review by Dayna Tortorici, New York Times, 23 July 2026 Description When Emily Eakin arrived at Harvard in the late 1980s, she fell under the spell of an eclectic body of philosophical texts by a handful of French authors. This was French …
Michael C. Behrent, Becoming Foucault. The Poitiers Years, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023 Though Michel Foucault is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, little is known about his early life. Even Foucault’s biographers have neglected this period, preferring instead to start the story when the future philosopher arrives in Paris. Becoming …
Jeanne Favret-Saada, L’impossible famille Rivière. Retour sur un triple meurtre en 1835, Gallimard 2026. Le 3 juin 1835, un jeune paysan normand, Pierre Rivière, égorge sa mère, sa sœur et son frère avant de s’enfuir. Arrêté le mois suivant, il rédige, dans l’attente de son jugement, un Mémoire d’une cinquantaine de feuillets pour expliquer son …
Daniele Lorenzini (ed.), The Foucauldian Mind, Published July 29, 2026 by Routledge Description Michel Foucault is one of the most influential, and controversial, thinkers of the twentieth century. His work has had a transformative effect on the study of the humanities and social sciences. His engagement with topics such as truth, power, and language continues …
Pascal Engel, Foucault et les normes du savoir, Eliott éditions, 2024 L’œuvre de Michel Foucault est une réflexion sur les normes. C’est de ses conceptions des normes du savoir que traite principalement ce livre, et de son projet d’une généalogie et d’une histoire de la vérité. Foucault renverse les positions classiques : au lieu de …
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