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Kevin Duong, “The Virtues of Violence: Democracy Against Disintegration in Modern France” (Oxford UP, 2020)
Kevin Duong
The Virtues of Violence
Democracy Against Disintegration in Modern France
Oxford University Press, 2020

New Books in European StudiesNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network May 26, 2020 Lilly Goren

Kevin Duong, a political theorist in the Politics Department at the University of Virginia, has written a fascinating analysis of the way that violence has been used, in a sense, to create or promote solidarity during the course of the “long nineteenth century” in France.  Duong explores four separate periods... Read More
Kory E. Olson, “The Cartographic Capital: Mapping Third Republic Paris” (Liverpool UP, 2018)
Kory E. Olson
The Cartographic Capital
Mapping Third Republic Paris
Liverpool University Press, 2018

New Books in French StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network May 18, 2020 Roxanne Panchasi

When is the last time you looked at/consulted a paper map? Perhaps you have one hanging on a wall at home or work, framed or not. Or maybe you have some old road maps in a stack somewhere, as I do, sitting untouched since various digital forms have made printed... Read More
Adrian Johnston, “Prolegomena to Any Future Materialism: The Outcome of Contemporary French Philosophy ” (Northwestern UP, 2013)
Adrian Johnston
Prolegomena to Any Future Materialism
The Outcome of Contemporary French Philosophy
Northwestern University Press, 2013

New Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychoanalysisNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Secularism May 11, 2020 Stephen Dozeman

In the contemporary philosophical landscape, a variety of materialist ontologies have appeared, all wrestling with various political and philosophical questions in light of a post-God ontology. Entering into this discussion is Adrian Johnston, with his 3-volume ​Prolegomena to Any Future Materialism​, an attempt to develop a systematic and thoroughly atheistic... Read More
David A. Bateman, “Disenfranchising Democracy: Constructing the Electorate in the US, the UK, and France” (Cambridge UP, 2020)
David A. Bateman
Disenfranchising Democracy
Constructing the Electorate in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France
Cambridge University Press, 2020

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 5, 2020 Susan P. Liebell

David A. Bateman’s fascinating new book opens with a puzzle. In 19th-century America, why was mass democratization – abolishing property and tax qualifications – accompanied by the mass disenfranchisement of black, male citizens? The book highlights the importance of understanding democratization as both a process of extending political rights and... Read More
Laurence Monnais, “The Colonial Life of Pharmaceuticals: Medicines and Modernity in Vietnam” (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Laurence Monnais
The Colonial Life of Pharmaceuticals
Medicines and Modernity in Vietnam
Cambridge University Press, 2019

New Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in Southeast Asian StudiesNew Books Network May 4, 2020 Lucas Richert

Situated at the crossroads between the history of colonialism, of modern Southeast Asia, and of medical pluralism, this history of medicine and health traces the life of pharmaceuticals in Vietnam under French rule. In The Colonial Life of Pharmaceuticals: Medicines and Modernity in Vietnam (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Laurence Monnais... Read More
Great Books: Melissa Schwartzberg on Rousseau’s “The Social Contract”
Melissa Schwartzberg
Great Books: Melissa Schwartzberg on Rousseau's 'The Social Contract'

Think About It, 2019

New Books in Big IdeasNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network April 28, 2020 Uli Baer

“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” The opening sentence of 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Roussau’s The Social Contract poses a central question for all of us. Why do we live under conditions of inequality, violence, dependency and general unhappiness (just look on twitter!) if society is... Read More
David Lebovitz, “Drinking French” (Ten Speed Press, 2020)
David Lebovitz
Drinking French
The Iconic Cocktails, Apéritifs, and Café Traditions of France, with 160 Recipes
Ten Speed Press, 2002

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FoodNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books Network April 14, 2020 Jennifer Eremeeva

Few experiences can top sitting in a Parisian cafe and watching the world go by, a glass of something at your elbow. But if you’ve ever gone inside the cafe and confronted the battalion of beautiful bottles behind the bar, you may have come to the reluctant conclusion that there... Read More
Great Books: Denis Hollier on Lévi-Strauss’ “Tristes Tropiques”
Denis Hollier
Great Books: Denis Hollier on Lévi-Strauss' 'Triste Tropique'

Think About It, 2019

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in BiographyNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network April 7, 2020 Uli Baer

Claude Lévi-Strauss’ Tristes Tropiques is one of the great books of the 20th century: intellectually bold, morally capacious, and it aims to understand nothing less than the elemental workings of the human mind. Ostensibly a travelogue and ethnographic account of a European’s fieldwork among indigenous people in mid-20th century Brazil,... Read More

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