Mark K. George, How Deuteronomy Created “Israel” Technologies of the Self, Government, and Writing, Routledge, 2026 Description In this book, Mark K. George argues that the goal of Deuteronomy is not merely to provide ancient Judah with another set of laws but to write “Israel” itself into existence. He reads Deuteronomy as a manual for …
Marita Rainsborough, Foucault Today. New Perspectives in Philosophy and Cultural Studies, [Transcript]. 2025 Michel Foucault is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Marita Rainsborough examines the current relevance of his work with reference to the post- and decolonial theories of Achille Mbembe, Homi Bhabha and Walter D. Mignolo in a …
Doris Brothers, Jon Sletvold, Psychoanalytic Explorations of Embodied Relational Knowing, Routledge, 2026 Description This book offers groundbreaking insights into relational theory, exploring the patient’s and the analyst’s longings to know, be known and not known in psychoanalytic relationships, and the embodied nature of the healing process. Recognition of the patient’s unknowable uniqueness, which is not …
Patrick Chambon, Herculine Barbin, précédé de La Vie des hommes infâmes, Roman graphique, Les Mondes renversés, 2026 Adaptée au cinéma, au théâtre et à l’opéra, l’histoire singulière d’Herculine Barbin n’avait encore jamais fait l’objet d’un essai graphique. Le 8 novembre 1838, Herculine Barbin « naît » femme. Une vingtaine d’années plus tard, une décision de …
Michel Foucault, Iran, quand la terre tremble. Reportage 1978-1979 Édition de Fabienne Brion, Julien Cavagnis, Sajjad Lohi et Chowra Makaremi, Gallimard, 2026 À l’automne 1978, Michel Foucault se rend en Iran pour réaliser un « reportage d’idées » sur le soulèvement contre le régime du shah. Dix articles sont publiés par le Corriere della Sera, …
David Puaud, Foucault avant Foucault. Archéologie d’une jeunesse, Denoël, 2026 À l’occasion du centenaire de la naissance de Michel Foucault, première enquête sur la jeunesse de l’un des penseurs les plus influents du monde contemporain. Raconter les années de formation de Michel Foucault, c’est comprendre comment une pensée prend forme. Il est étonnant de voir …
David Gauntlett, Creativity: Seven Keys to Unlock your Creative Self, Polity, 2023 This is a lively and thought-provoking book about how to do creativity, unlock your potential, and make a difference. The artists, musicians, and writers we think of as ’very creative’ are just like us, except that they have spent time developing and realizing …
Emma Ingala, Cillian Ó Fathaigh, Gavin Rae (eds.), Transformation in Contemporary French Philosophy, Edinburgh University Press Traces the articulation of the concept of transformation across twentieth-century French philosophy, from Bergson to Malabou Engages contemporary French philosophy through the notion of transformation Reveals that the notion of transformation is heterogeneous and itself subject to transformation Offers …
Diana Obeid and Sonia Lamrani (eds), Gender and Identity in Arab Women’s Literature: Ink and Identity, Bloomsbury, 2026 Description Gender and Identity in Arab Women’s Literature: Ink and Identity follows the journey of Arab women from being silenced in male-authored texts to finding their voices in fiction, memoir, and theater. Whether writing from the streets, …
Michael Ardoline, Interiority Against Control. The Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics of Information Technologies through Deleuze and Confucianism, Springer, 2026. About this book This monograph synthesizes Deleuze and Confucianism for a novel account of the good life at the dawn of a new epoch of power: control. It engages in both a broad survey of work …
