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David Beer, The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking: Automation, Intelligence and the Politics of Knowing – Bristol University Press, November 2022

Posted on August 4, 2022 by stuartelden

David Beer, The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking: Automation, Intelligence and the Politics of Knowing – Bristol University Press, November 2022 We are living in algorithmic times.  From machine learning and artificial intelligence to blockchain or simpler news-feed filtering, automated systems … Continue reading →

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Christina B. Carroll, The Politics of Imperial Memory in France, 1850–1900 – Cornell University Press, May 2022

Posted on August 4, 2022 by stuartelden

Christina B. Carroll, The Politics of Imperial Memory in France, 1850–1900 – Cornell University Press, May 2022 By highlighting the connections between domestic political struggles and overseas imperial structures, The Politics of Imperial Memory in France, 1850–1900 explains how and why French … Continue reading →

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Friedrich Nietzsche, The Joyful Science and other texts, trans. Adrian Del Caro, Stanford University Press, January 2023

Posted on August 3, 2022 by stuartelden

Friedrich Nietzsche, The Joyful Science, Idylls from Messina, Unpublished Fragments…, trans. Adrian Del Caro, Stanford University Press, January 2023. Part of the Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche series, which is now only missing a few volumes. Written on the threshold … Continue reading →

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Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago, Against the Commons: A Radical History of Planning – University of Minnesota Press, August 2022

Posted on August 3, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago, Against the Commons: A Radical History of Planning – University of Minnesota Press, August 2022 Characterized by shared, self-managed access to food, housing, and the basic conditions for a creative life, the commons are…

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Bibliography of Foucault’s shorter works in English translation by Richard Lynch. Updated July 2022

Posted on July 30, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Bibliography of Foucault’s shorter works in English translation by Richard Lynch. Richard Lynch has updated his very valuable bibliography of Foucault’s shorter works in English translation. You can find the bibliography and associated material on…

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Territorial Bodies: World Culture in Crisis – University of Warwick, 25 February 2023 [registration now open]

Posted on July 25, 2022 by stuartelden

Territorial Bodies: World Culture in Crisis Saturday 25th February 2023, University of Warwick [update: registration now open] Keynote Addresses: Dr. Lauren Wilcox, University of Cambridge Prof. Kathryn Yusoff, Queen Mary University London Call for Papers now available In his discussion … Continue reading →

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Books received – Olender, Neilson et. al., Davis & Dean, Lichnerowicz et. al., Walker, Adorno, Febvre & Bloch, Droit

Posted on July 25, 2022 by stuartelden

Maurice Olender, Race sans histoire; three books from Open Humanities Press – Contagion Design, Data Farms: Circuits, Labour, Territory and Logistical Worlds: Infrastructure, Software, Labour; Oliver Davis and Tim Dean, Hatred of Sex; one of the seminars organised by André … Continue reading →

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Alexander C. Diener and Joshua Hagen (eds.), Invisible Borders in a Bordered World: Power, Mobility, and Belonging – Routledge, 2022

Posted on July 25, 2022 by stuartelden

Alexander C. Diener and Joshua Hagen (eds.), Invisible Borders in a Bordered World: Power, Mobility, and Belonging – Routledge, 2022 This book critically challenges the usual territorial understanding of borders by examining the often messy internal, transborder, ambiguous, and in-between … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s library card

Posted on July 14, 2022 by stuartelden

I found this yesterday, while looking for something else. It’s Foucault’s library card for the Bibliothèque nationale de France, found on their images site. I can’t read and/or decipher it all, but here’s what I can work out. [It’s worth … Continue reading →

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On the Greatness of Marx

Posted on July 11, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Destratified:
I think Felix Guattari and I have remained Marxists, in our two different ways, perhaps, but both of us. Control and BecomingGilles Deleuze in conversation with Antonio Negri The final book Deleuze was working on before…

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