Monthly Archives: January 2017

‘Foucault in Ireland’ – 24 March 2017, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin

On 23 March I’ll be visiting National University of Ireland Maynooth to give a seminar. The following day I’ll be one of the participants in a symposium at the Royal Irish Academy – ‘Foucault and Ireland’. This one-day symposium reviews … Continue reading

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Ludwig Binswanger – a bibliography of major German works and available French or English translations

As part of my work on the early Foucault, I’ve been doing some work on Ludwig Binswanger, including finding several of his works. For my own purposes I compiled a bibliography of his major German works, and all the work … Continue reading

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By Heart: A Year in Writing Advice – The Atlantic

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Highlights from 12 months of interviews with writers about their craft and the authors they love Source: By Heart: A Year in Writing Advice – The Atlantic

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Antipode 2017 – a new look for the new year

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
Here we are at the start of 2017 with a new look for the journal’s 49th volume (issue 1 is freely available online). Antipode has had a number of facelifts since 1969 as radical geography…

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One or Two King Lears? – review at Berfrois (open access)

Update September 2025: the Berfrois site is now closed and the archive has been removed. My piece can now be found here. I have a long review of Brian Vickers’s The One King Lear, at the Berfrois website. It was one of … Continue reading

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Books received – Foucault, Binswanger, Lacan

Some recently bought books for the project on the early Foucault – a seminar by Lacan which he likely attended, some works by Binswanger and the original source of one of his first publications.

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Books received – author copies of Foucault: The Birth of Power

The remaining author copies of Foucault: The Birth of Power – which means that the book is now shipping if you order direct. Amazon etc. might take a bit longer to have stocks…  

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Gastón Gordillo on Terrain

One of the key people I am in dialogue with for my work on terrain is UBC Anthropology Professor, Gaston Gordillo. He provides a preview of a forthcoming essay on terrain at his Space and Politics blog. It will appear … Continue reading

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6 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in December, 2016

As ever, a very useful roundup here.

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Peter Adamson’s 20 rules or “suggestions of best practice” for doing the history of philosophy

Peter Adamson, professor of philosophy at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and creator of the podcast History Of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, has put together a list of 20 rules or “suggestions of best practice” for doing the history of philosophy. The rules were … Continue reading

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