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Christopher Smith (ed.), Sovereignty: A Global Perspective – British Academy/Oxford University Press, November 2022

Christopher Smith (ed.), Sovereignty: A Global Perspective – British Academy/Oxford University Press, November 2022 Sovereignty has been at the heart of political philosophy for centuries, and yet it is far from clear what work sovereignty is actually doing in the … Continue reading

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Thinking about Shakespeare and Film, 2 September 2023

Thinking about Shakespeare and Film, 2 September 2023 Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare, Hampton Court Road, Hampton TW12 2EJ registration free but required – Eventbrite page Provisional Schedule Session 1 10:00  Katrin Truestedt (ZfL Berlin), ‘Politics of Appearing: Pulcinella & Ophelia … Continue reading

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Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi, Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory – Verso, July 2023

Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi, Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory – Verso, July 2023 Capitalism, by the twenty-first century, has brought us an era of escalating, overlapping crisis – ecological, political, social – which we may not survive. In … Continue reading

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A gradual return to Progressive Geographies

It will still be some time before I return to work, as there are medical issues still to be resolved. I’m not returning to the research for my new Indo-European thought project yet, but I will be sharing a few … Continue reading

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Books received while in hospital – Saussure, Mauss, Whyte, Krupar, Girard, et. al.

The books which arrived while I was in hospital – mostly ordered before I was admitted. I was pleased to be able to find a complete set of the Marcel Mauss, Œuvres, along with the Écrits politiques; a few books … Continue reading

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A brief health update

A brief health update. Some of you know I’ve been unwell the past couple of weeks. Very unexpectedly, I had to have open heart surgery on Monday 10 July. Two valves were repaired successfully. I am now recovering well, but … Continue reading

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A pause on Progressive Geographies and social media

The last post on Lefebvre’s banned books was one I wrote a few days ago but hadn’t quite finished. I’m posting it now and expect it will be the last substantive post for some time on Progressive Geographies.  I am … Continue reading

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Henri Lefebvre’s 1939 book on Nietzsche and the ‘Liste Otto’ – which books of his were banned?

Update June 2025: a revised and expanded version of this post is here. About twenty years ago, in an essay on Henri Lefebvre, I said that his book on Nietzsche (1939) was on the prohibited ‘Liste Otto’. These were books … Continue reading

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Eugene B. Young, Cinematic Art and Reversals of Power. Deleuze via Blanchot (2022)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Eugene B. Young, Cinematic Art and Reversals of Power. Deleuze via Blanchot, Bloomsbury, 2022 Description Bringing together Deleuze, Blanchot, and Foucault, this book provides a detailed and original exploration of the ideas that influenced Deleuze’s…

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Kristin Ross’s “The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life” – Los Angeles Review of Books podcast

Kristin Ross’s “The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life” – Los Angeles Review of Books podcast Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak to the author Kristin Ross about her recent book, The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life, a collection of … Continue reading

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