Category Archives: Mark Neocleous

Radical Philosophy 178 now out

 Commentary: Resisting Resilience, Mark Neocleous Article: Extraction, logistics, finance Global crisis and the politics of operations – Sandro Mezzadra  and Brett Neilson Article: An introduction to Françoise Collin’s ‘Name of the father’, Penelope Deutscher Article: Name of the Father, ‘One’ of … Continue reading

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Anti-Security – A Declaration

Finally got round to looking at a copy of Anti-Security, edited by Mark Neocleous and George S. Rigakos, which came out in 2011. After a brief introduction, there is a powerful ‘declaration’ which sets out the academic and political rationale … Continue reading

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Bernard Harcourt – The Illusion of Free Markets

I finally got round to reading Bernard Harcourt, The Illusion of Free Markets: Punishment and the Myth of Natural Order. I bought it after The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 conference last year when Bernard spoke. I don’t have much to say, … Continue reading

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Elden, Gregory, Sevilla-Buitrago in ACME

ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, Vol 10 No 2 is now available. It includes the English version of a discussion between me, Derek Gregory and Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago that was originally published earlier this year in a Spanish translation: … Continue reading

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Anti-Security – edited book

Mentioning Mark Neocleous (who supervised my PhD) reminded me that he has a new edited book just out, with George S. Rigakos, entitled Anti-Security.

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Nicholas Blomley on Sidewalks, Police and the City

An interesting piece freely available here. The piece looks at ‘police’ in a broader sense than just the police force, and discusses Mark Neocleous’s work on this topic, especially his The Fabrication of Social Order: A Critical Theory of Police Power. … Continue reading

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