Monthly Archives: May 2015

Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 22: work with the Semiotext(e) archive and manuscript submitted for review

The manuscript of Foucault’s Last Decade, as I’ve said, was almost complete. It is now with the press for review. In the last couple of weeks, while in New York, I’ve chased down a few final references; read the very … Continue reading

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Uneven trading: Gieseking on Harris

A new review at the Society and Space open site.

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Jamin Raskin, “A last interview with French philosopher Michel Foucault”, City Paper – now found and available online Day one in the Foucault archive at UC Berkeley Day two in the Foucault archive at UC Berkeley Spatial Humanities: Promise and … Continue reading

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An Existential Ride w/ Hubert Dreyfus

Originally posted on Open Geography:
A video interview of Hubert Dreyfus, the famous philosopher. Covering Heidegger, Descartes, embodiment, AI and almost getting fired at MIT. His book What Computers Can’t do, and What Computers Still Can’t Do, are influential texts…

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Hamlet without the Ghost – Peter Sarsgaard at the Classic Stage Company

On Friday evening, still reeling from the UK election results, I went to see Classic Stage Company’s Hamlet just south-east of Union Square in the East Village. A small, modern theatre, with seats on three sides of a square stage. … Continue reading

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Ansell-Pearson and Holroyd discuss George Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman

Keith Ansell-Pearson (Professor of Philosophy at Warwick University) and Michael Holroyd (author of a biography of Bernard Shaw) discuss the Nietzschean concept of the ‘übermensch’ and its influence on Shaw’s writing. A talk linked to the National Theatre production of … Continue reading

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An Existential Ride w/ Hubert Dreyfus

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
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Terry Flew on Foucault, Weber and Neoliberal Governmentality at the TCS website

Terry Flew on Foucault, Weber and Neoliberal Governmentality at the TCS website.

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Eduardo Mendieta interviewed in the Birkbeck Law Review

Eduardo Mendieta interviewed in the Birkbeck Law Review.

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William Cronon lecture at the British Academy, 7 July 2015

William Cronon lecture at the British Academy, 7 July 2015 – ‘ Who reads Geography or History anymore?‘ As someone who was in a Geography department for 11 years and sees books as the main thing I do, who knows … Continue reading

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