Monthly Archives: May 2012

Foucault – Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling

Posted on May 8, 2012 by stuartelden

University of Chicago Press finally have a page up for the translation of Foucault’s 1981 lectures at Louvain – Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling. They are due out in January 2013. Three years before his death, Michel Foucault delivered a series of lectures … Continue reading →

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Posts at Durham

Posted on May 8, 2012 by stuartelden

Durham University has advertised a large number of senior level appointments across the university. Details here. Areas include conflict, security and borders; engaged humanities; visual culture; public policy and health; and medieval and renaissance studies.

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Judith Butler, Parting Ways

Posted on May 8, 2012 by stuartelden

Judith Butler’s long-awaited book on Jewish and Zionist thought is forthcoming in July. Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism will be published by Columbia University Press. Judith Butler follows Edward Said’s late suggestion that through a consideration of … Continue reading →

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Agamben, Highest Poverty draft preface

Posted on May 8, 2012 by stuartelden

Adam Kotsko has made available the preface to Agamben’s Highest Poverty: Monastic Rules and Forms of Life He previously made the preface to Opus Dei available. Both books are being translated for Stanford UP. More here.

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‘Palestinians and the End of the Peace Process’

Posted on May 7, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting looking report from the International Crisis Group – The Emperor has no Clothers: Palestinians and the End of the Peace Process. Does anybody still believe in the Middle East Peace Process? Nineteen years after Oslo and thirteen years after … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk – You Must Change Your Life

Posted on May 7, 2012 by stuartelden

The English translation of Sloterdijk’s book is scheduled for November – full details here.

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Revista Urban issue 3 and call for papers

Posted on May 7, 2012 by stuartelden

The Spanish journal Revista Urban issue 3 is now out. It’s a theme issue on Conflicts of contemporary cities. It includes articles by Don Mitchell, Alain Bertho, Fabrizio Bottini & Maria Cristina Gibelli, Cristina Fernández & Fernando Roch, Julio Soria … Continue reading →

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Geographica Helvetica relaunch

Posted on May 7, 2012 by stuartelden

The venerable Swiss geography journal Geographica Helvetica is being relaunched next year with a new editorial team – Francisco Klauser, Ola Söderström and Benedikt Korf. I’ve accepted an invitation to be part of the new editorial board. The plan is … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 6, 2012 by stuartelden
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John Updike’s 6 Rules for Constructive Criticism

Posted on May 6, 2012 by stuartelden

In The Atlantic. While these are intended for reviews of fiction, many apply to the review of academic books. They were written in the 1970s, so perhaps that explains his use of male pronouns alone. Here are the first three – the others, and … Continue reading →

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