Georges Dumezil (1898-1986) was a philologist, linguist, and religious studies scholar best known for his work in comparative mythology. A member of the Academie Francaise, he taught at Istanbul University, the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, and the College de France. Stuart Elden is professor of political theory and geography at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of several books, including Terror and Territory: The Spatial Extent of Sovereignty and a four-volume intellectual history of Michel Foucault's entire career. Derek Coltman's translations from French include novels by Violette Leduc, Robert Merle and Ismail Kadare, nonfiction by Mircea Eliade, Jean Piaget, and Alain Touraine, and Dumezil's From Myth to Fiction: The Saga of Hadingus (University of Chicago Press).

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Georges Dumezil (1898-1986) was a philologist, linguist, and religious studies scholar best known for his work in comparative mythology. A member of the Academie Francaise, he taught at Istanbul University, the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, and the College de France. Stuart Elden is professor of political theory and geography at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of several books, including Terror and Territory: The Spatial Extent of Sovereignty and a four-volume intellectual history of Michel Foucault's entire career. Derek Coltman's translations from French include novels by Violette Leduc, Robert Merle and Ismail Kadare, nonfiction by Mircea Eliade, Jean Piaget, and Alain Touraine, and Dumezil's From Myth to Fiction: The Saga of Hadingus (University of Chicago Press).

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