Monthly Archives: May 2019

Books received – review work for University of Minnesota Press

Mainly older works by Agamben, Deleuze, Derrida, and Foucault, but also some other books, including James Tyner, Dead Labor: Towards a Political Economy of Premature Death, Michèle H. Richman, Sacred Revolutions: Durkheim and the Collège de Sociologie and Erin Felicia Labbie, Lacan’s … Continue reading

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Dilek Huseyinzadegan, Kant’s Non-Ideal Theory of Politics – Northwestern U Press, 2019

Dilek Huseyinzadegan, Kant’s Non-Ideal Theory of Politics – Northwestern University Press, 2019 Kant’s Nonideal Theory of Politics argues that Kant’s political thought must be understood by reference to his philosophy of history, cultural anthropology, and geography. The central thesis of … Continue reading

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Marx at His Limits

Originally posted on andy merrifield:
I was in New York recently, and as per custom I like to walk its streets checking out used bookstores. Used bookstores are a species in danger of extinction in Manhattan, ever more picked off…

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Professor Couze Venn: Memorial and Celebration – Goldsmiths, May 22nd 2019 6-8 pm

Professor Couze Venn: Memorial and Celebration – Goldsmiths, May 22nd 2019 6-8 pm Professor Couze Venn Memorial and Celebration Please come to this event to remember and celebrate the life of Couze Venn, the pioneering cultural, social and post-colonial theorist. … Continue reading

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John Agnew & Mat Coleman (eds.), Handbook on the Geographies of Power – review in Geographical Research

I have a review of John Agnew & Mat Coleman (eds.), Handbook on the Geographies of Power in Geographical Research. A read-only version can be accessed here; a downloadable preprint here. I’m very positive about the content of the book, but critical … Continue reading

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