Monthly Archives: August 2012

Bernard Harcourt – The Illusion of Free Markets

Posted on August 26, 2012 by stuartelden

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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Haruki Murakami on writing and running

Posted on August 26, 2012 by stuartelden

Thanks to Oliver Belcher for the link – a piece about novelist Haruki Murakami’s views on writing and running. What does a novelist/writer need? For Murakami, it’s three things – talent, focus and endurance. Fortunately, these two disciplines—focus and endurance—are different … Continue reading →

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Thomas Meyer’s Beowulf

Posted on August 26, 2012 by stuartelden

The latest book from Punctum is Thomas Meyer’s translation of Beowulf. No ordinary translation – typographically and linguistically this is very different and this is a beautifully produced edition. It’s available free online or for a small price. You can … Continue reading →

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Peter Suber on Open Access Publishing

Posted on August 25, 2012 by stuartelden

Good discussion at Berfrois from Peter Suber of the Harvard Open Access Project.

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Posted on August 25, 2012 by stuartelden

Another set of comments to Ben Anderson’s ‘Rapid Response’ piece – this time in relation to aid and the British Department for International Development.

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Urban Geopolitics

Posted on August 25, 2012 by stuartelden

At the Antipode blog, Marijn Nieuwenhuis has an interesting post on Urban Geopolitics in the wake of the London Olympics. He mentions the Territorial Support Group’s ‘Total Policing’ map I linked to a few weeks back. Marijn discusses Foucault and … Continue reading →

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Ben Anderson on ‘rapid response’

Posted on August 25, 2012 by stuartelden

Ben Anderson has a piece on ‘Rapid Response’ at the Berfrois website, which begins with the shooting at the cinema in Aurora, but draws out more general issues about states of emergency. Phil Steinberg and Derek Gregory have both written … Continue reading →

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Peter Gratton – Spinoza and the Biopolitical Roots of Modernity audio available

Posted on August 25, 2012 by stuartelden

The audio recording of Peter Gratton’s talk ‘Spinoza and the Biopolitical Roots of Modernity’ at UWS is now available (from here, via’s Peter’s blog). Abstract: Much has been written about bio-political sovereignty in the wake of Giorgio Agamben’s work, which relies, … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 25, 2012 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Leiden Journal of International Law, Volume 25, Issue 03, September 2012 Special section on Foucault. For a limited period to mark the 29th anniversary of the journal this issue is available free online On the…

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Journal of Urban Cultural Studies – website and call for papers

Posted on August 24, 2012 by stuartelden

The Journal of Urban Cultural Studies will be published by Intellect, and has a website here. The subscription price is low, and authors can opt for open access at a price – but one that is considerably lower than many … Continue reading →

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