Monthly Archives: May 2023

Books received – Ginzburg, Filoni, Simpson, Mehlman, Lévi-Strauss, Dumézil 

Posted on May 10, 2023 by stuartelden

Mainly bought second-hand, but also Tim Simpson, Betting on Macau, sent by University of Minnesota Press. Dumézil’s Archaic Roman Religion was hard to find in its original two-volume form, with case – before I had a mismatched set of one … Continue reading →

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Theory, Culture & Society ‘Summer School’, 11-16 September 2023, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

Posted on May 9, 2023 by stuartelden

Theory, Culture & Society ‘Summer School’, 11-16 September 2023, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

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Samuel Lindholm, Jean Bodin and Biopolitics Before the Biopolitical Era – Routledge, September 2023

Posted on May 9, 2023 by stuartelden

Samuel Lindholm, Jean Bodin and Biopolitics Before the Biopolitical Era – Routledge, September 2023 A prohibitively priced hardback only at this point… This book offers fresh perspectives on the history of biopolitics and the connection between this and the technology … Continue reading →

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Matthew Gandy, ‘Books under threat: Open access publishing and the neo-liberal academy’ – Area, open access

Posted on May 8, 2023 by stuartelden

Matthew Gandy, ‘Books under threat: Open access publishing and the neo-liberal academy‘ – Area, open access. An important piece about how a good idea – that books should be available to a wider audience – can have negative consequences. Given … Continue reading →

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CFP: Territories and Identities, A Critical Perspective on Belonging – Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, Italy 9-10 November 2023

Posted on May 8, 2023 by stuartelden
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Danielle Allen, Justice by Means of Democracy, University of Chicago Press, April 2023

Posted on May 7, 2023 by stuartelden

Danielle Allen, Justice by Means of Democracy, University of Chicago Press, April 2023 At a time of great social and political turmoil, when many residents of the leading democracies question the ability of their governments to deal fairly and competently … Continue reading →

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Extract from Foucault, Le discours philosophique (2023)

Posted on May 7, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Michel Foucault : qu’est-ce que la philosophie?, Actualité: l’univers du livre, 18/04/2023 The first 26 pages of the uncorrected proofs to the book are attached to this article. Le Discours philosophique propose ainsi une nouvelle…

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John Clarke, The Battle for Britain: Crises, Conflicts and the Conjuncture – Bristol University Press, May 2023

Posted on May 6, 2023 by stuartelden

John Clarke, The Battle for Britain: Crises, Conflicts and the Conjuncture – Bristol University Press, May 2023 This book addresses the social, political and economic turbulence in which the UK is embroiled. Drawing on Cultural Studies, it explores proliferating crises … Continue reading →

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Salar Mameni, Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics – Duke University Press, September 2023

Posted on May 6, 2023 by stuartelden

Salar Mameni, Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics – Duke University Press, September 2023 In Terracene Salar Mameni historicizes the popularization of the scientific notion of the Anthropocene alongside the emergence of the global war on terror. Mameni theorizes the Terracene as an epoch marked by … Continue reading →

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Macs Smith, Paris and the Parasite: Noise, Health, and Politics in the Media City – MIT Press, 2021; and discussion at New Books Network

Posted on May 5, 2023 by stuartelden

Macs Smith, Paris and the Parasite: Noise, Health, and Politics in the Media City – MIT Press, 2021 The social consequences of anti-parasitic urbanism, as efforts to expunge noise and biological parasites penalize those viewed as social parasites. According to … Continue reading →

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