Monthly Archives: January 2018

David Chandler, Ontopolitics in the Anthropocene: An Introduction to Mapping, Sensing and Hacking

Posted on January 31, 2018 by stuartelden

David Chandler, Ontopolitics in the Anthropocene: An Introduction to Mapping, Sensing and Hacking – now out with Routledge. If you buy direct from Routledge, code FLR40 at checkout will give a 20% discount. The Anthropocene captures more than a debate over … Continue reading →

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Alexander Clark and Bailey Sousa, ‘How to be a happy academic’

Posted on January 31, 2018 by stuartelden

Alexander Clark and Bailey Sousa, How to be a Happy Academic: A Guide to Being Effective in Research, Writing and Teaching. Doubtless some useful advice in here, but what’s with the title? Someone needs to get William Davies to review this… … Continue reading →

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Bernard E. Harcourt, The Counterrevolution: How Our Government Went to War Against Its Own Citizens (out in February with Basic Books)

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

Bernard E. Harcourt, The Counterrevolution: How Our Government Went to War Against Its Own Citizens – out in February with Basic Books. A distinguished political theorist sounds the alarm about the counterinsurgency strategies used to govern Americans Militarized police officers with … Continue reading →

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France Culture on Foucault’s Les aveux de la chair

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

France Culture has a piece by Jacques Munier on Foucault’s Les aveux de la chair, which is described as ‘without doubt the last great unpublished work of philosophy of the twentieth century’. The book is due to be published by Gallimard … Continue reading →

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Derrida’s Quarrel: “La Différance” at 50

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

Derrida’s Quarrel: “La Différance” at 50 in the Los Angeles Review of Books, by Birger Vanwesenbeeck. Two days late linking to this, but… On Saturday, January 27, 1968, Jacques Derrida, then maître assistant at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, delivered his lecture “La … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s visit to Attica prison in 1972

Posted on January 28, 2018 by stuartelden

In April 1972, during a visit to SUNY Buffalo, Foucault visited Attica prison. This was only one year after the uprising and its brutal suppression. John K. Simon, chair of the Buffalo French department, interviewed him about what he saw. … Continue reading →

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Philosophie Magazine issue on Foucault, including extract of Les Aveux de la chair

Posted on January 26, 2018 by stuartelden

Philosophie Magazine has a new special issue on Foucault, including an extract from Les Aveux de la chair, the soon-to-be-published volume IV of the History of Sexuality. You can read some of the issue, though not the extract, on a viewer on the issue page. … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Raymond Williams – Part Two

Posted on January 26, 2018 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Raymond Williams Society:
Welcome to the second instalment of reflections on Raymond Williams to mark 30 years to the day (26 January 1988) since his death. Part One can be found here. Terry Eagleton is the first…

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Reflections on Raymond Williams – Part One

Posted on January 26, 2018 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Raymond Williams Society:
Welcome to the first of two collected reflections on Raymond Williams to mark 30 years since his death on 26 January 1988. To begin, Patrick Parrinder offers an edited version of a longer…

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Nik Heynen to give the Neil Smith Lecture, 5 February 2018

Posted on January 26, 2018 by stuartelden

The Neil Smith Lecture 2018 University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK Professor Nik Heynen, University of Georgia, USA Irvine Lecture Theatre, School of Geography & Sustainable Development 3.15-5pm – Monday 5 February 2018, Followed by a reception 5-6.30pm All welcome The Pirates … Continue reading →

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