Jenny March’s new translation of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus brings alive the power and complexities of Sophocles’ writing; Oedipus’ fate is cruel and undeserved, but his courage and compassion endure to the end. This new edition includes an introduction, the Greek text, facing-page translation, and commentary. We discussed this new publication with the author. Firstly, what … Continue reading
Montesquieu, the Persian Rousseau, and Napoleon’s French Revolution in India
Junko Takeda is the author of the December volume in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series, Iran and a French empire of trade, 1700-1808. In this volume, she explores early modern French relations with Persia in order to highlight connections between Eurasian geopolitics and Atlantic revolutions, and, in doing so, sheds light on the activities … Continue reading
Call for Papers! Sculpture Journal invites proposals for a Special Issue: Sculpture, Iconoclasm and Facing History.
The editorial team of Sculpture Journal invites submissions for a special issue entitled Sculpture, Iconoclasm and Facing History. The team stated the following in relation to the special issue: On 7 June 2020, a statue of slave trader Edward Colston was pushed into the Avon River in Bristol, England in a highly publicized instance of … Continue reading
Town Planning Review: COVID-19 Viewpoint Series
We hear from the Co-Editors of Town Planning Review, Daniel Baldwin Hess, Alex Lord, and John Sturzaker, Policy & Practice Editor, Olivier Sykes and Bertie Dockerill, Editorial Assistant, about putting the COVID-19 pandemic into perspective as urban planning scholars react to a changed world.
What can Abbé de Saint-Pierre tell us about the Political Enlightenment?
Carole Dornier is the author of the November volume in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series, La Monarchie éclairée de l’abbé de Saint-Pierre: Une science politique des Modernes, a volume which offers a complete reassessment of the global attempt to transform the monarchical state and the Old Regime society (government, commerce, religion, customs, education, health, … Continue reading
