Monthly Archives: October 2024

Trevor Wilson, Alexandre Kojève and the Specters of Russian Philosophy – Northwestern University Press, November 2024

Trevor Wilson, Alexandre Kojève and the Specters of Russian Philosophy – Northwestern University Press, November 2024 Recounts Kojève’s key role in the pivotal exchange of ideas between Eastern and Western European intellectuals in the early twentieth century This book shines … Continue reading

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Matthew Hannah reviews The Archaeology of Foucault (Polity, 2023) in Cultural Geographies

I missed this when it came out last year, but Matthew Hannah briefly and generously reviews The Archaeology of Foucault (Polity, 2023) in Cultural Geographies. It’s restricted access, unfortunately. Here’s the opening paragraph. Throughout his impressive body of work in … Continue reading

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Marx 13/13 – Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Theory seminar series

Marx 13/13 – Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Theory seminar series Karl Marx’s writings contain many of the most impactful ideas that have transformed—and still today continue to transform—the course of human history. Marx’s ambition for philosophy, namely to change … Continue reading

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Jacques Rancière in conversation with Oliver Davis – London, 12 November 2024

Jacques Rancière in conversation with Oliver Davis – London, 12 November 2024 Meet French philosopher Jacques Rancière in conversation with Professor Oliver Davis (University College Cork). A leading philosopher and specialist of Marxist political philosophy and aesthetics, Jacques Rancière significantly contributed … Continue reading

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Mark Neocleous, Pacification: Social War and the Power of Police – Verso, February 2025

Mark Neocleous, Pacification: Social War and the Power of Police – Verso, February 2025 No publisher page yet, but in online bookstores and Google books. Update December 2024: the publisher page is here. In his new book, critical theorist Mark … Continue reading

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E-International Relations interview – Klaus Dodds

E-International Relations interview – Klaus Dodds Klaus Dodds is Executive Dean and Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He completed his PhD at the University of Bristol in … Continue reading

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Frédéric Keck, How French Moderns Think: The Lévy-Bruhl Family, From “Primitive Mentality” to Contemporary Pandemics – HAU books, April 2024

Frédéric Keck, How French Moderns Think: The Lévy-Bruhl Family, From “Primitive Mentality” to Contemporary Pandemics – HAU books, April 2024 This book traces the contributions of the Lévy-Bruhl family to social and political thought and expertise in 20th-century France, shaping … Continue reading

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