Monthly Archives: May 2015

Towards a Comprehensive Michel Serres primary bibliography (7): newspaper and magazine articles

Originally posted on Christopher Watkin:
(1974).  “Michel Serres et Jules Verne.” Le Monde, 10 May. http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2011/03/05/eduquer-au-xxie-siecle_1488298_3232.html. Last accessed April 2015. (1979).  “Le culte du ballon ovale.” Le Monde, 5 March. (1980).  “Une présentation de  la Nouvelle Alliance  Commencements.” Le Monde,…

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How would Foucault vote? Not like a ‘hot rabbit’…

From the interview I shared a couple of days ago: In the absence of anything better, I shall support the program of the Socialists. I recall something (Roland) Barthes once said about having political opinions ‘lightly held’. Politics should not … Continue reading

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Day three in the Foucault archive at UC Berkeley

A final day in the Bancroft library at UC Berkeley (see my notes on day one and day two). Today I listened to some recordings they had of lectures in São Paulo. The library catalogue provides no information at all, and Beaulieu’s list just … Continue reading

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Video and image timeline of Michel Serres’ life and monograph publications

Originally posted on Christopher Watkin:
Timeline as jpeg (click on the image to open it on a page of its own, then click on it again to magnify. Use your browser’s scrollbar to move left and right across it): Timeline…

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Research dialog w/ Paul Rabinow‏

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
https://vimeo.com/115589641

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Day two in the Foucault archive at UC Berkeley

Another day working with the Foucault papers, and mainly the recordings, in the Bancroft library at UC Berkeley (see my notes on day one). The tapes are listed in the Beaulieu piece on the archive, but many of these are … Continue reading

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New issue of materiali foucaultiani (December 2014)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
New issue of materiali foucaultiani volume III, number 5-6 (January-December 2014) TABLE OF CONTENTS Il lavoro della sperimentazione  (pp. 4-7) Laura Cremonesi, Orazio Irrera, Daniele Lorenzini, Martina Tazzioli La parrhesia e l’attualità politica della critica Introduzione …

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Molecular Red Reader

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? In the Molecular Red Reader, Mckenzie Wark collects several newly translated essays by Bogdanov and Platonov, a few essays by Wark himself (including one titled “Proletkult for Sex Workers” with reflections on Paul B. Preciado‘s…

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Jamin Raskin, “A last interview with French philosopher Michel Foucault”, City Paper – now found and available online

I’d almost given up on this, but I now have a copy of one of the really elusive texts I’ve been hunting for – Jamin Raskin, “A last interview with French philosopher Michel Foucault”, City Paper, Vol 8 No 3, Jul 27-Aug 2 … Continue reading

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Foucault and May 68: Penal Theories and Institutions (Collège de France Lectures, 1971-1972) (2015)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
The Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought​ and The Hispanic Institute for Latin American & Iberian Cultures are proud to invite you to the release of the last volume of Michel Foucault’s series of seminars…

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