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Sudhir Chella Rajan, A Social Theory of Corruption: Notes from the Indian Subcontinent – Harvard University Press, 2020

Posted on August 2, 2021 by stuartelden

Sudhir Chella Rajan, A Social Theory of Corruption: Notes from the Indian Subcontinent – Harvard University Press, 2020 A social theory of grand corruption from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In contemporary policy discourse, the notion of corruption is highly … Continue reading →

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Matthew Fuller and Eyal Weizman, Investigative Aesthetics: Conflicts and Commons in the Politics of Truth – Verso, August 2021

Posted on August 2, 2021 by stuartelden

Matthew Fuller and Eyal Weizman, Investigative Aesthetics: Conflicts and Commons in the Politics of Truth – Verso, August 2021 Today, artists are engaged in investigation. They probe corruption, human rights violations, environmental crimes and technological domination. At the same time, … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 8: a nearly complete draft of the chapter on art, and progress with literature and linguistics

Posted on July 30, 2021 by stuartelden

One excellent piece of advice I picked up sometime in June [here] was that while it might make sense to think of the autumn term as the beginning of the academic year, for research it makes sense to think of … Continue reading →

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Simon Glendinning, Europe: A Philosophical History – 2 volumes, Routledge, July 2021

Posted on July 30, 2021 by stuartelden

Simon Glendinning, Europe: A Philosophical History – 2 volumes, Routledge, July 2021 Part 1: The Promise of Modernity and Part 2: Beyond Modernity Europe is inseparable from its history. That history has been extensively studied in terms of its political … Continue reading →

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Territory, State and Nation: The Geopolitics of Rudolf Kjellén, edited by Ragnar Björk and Thomas Lundén – Berghahn, August 2021

Posted on July 30, 2021 by stuartelden

Territory, State and Nation: The Geopolitics of Rudolf Kjellén, edited by Ragnar Björk and Thomas Lundén – Berghahn, August 2021 Looks interesting, but a shame about the prohibitive price. Rudolf Kjellén, regularly referred to as “the father of geopolitics,” developed … Continue reading →

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Panagiotis Sotiris, A Philosophy for Communism: Rethinking Althusser – Haymarket, July 2021

Posted on July 30, 2021 by stuartelden

Panagiotis Sotiris, A Philosophy for Communism: Rethinking Althusser – Haymarket, July 2021 In A Philosophy for Communism: Rethinking Althusser, Panagiotis Sotiris undertakes a reading of the work of the French philosopher centered upon his deeply political conception of philosophy. Althusser’s endeavour is … Continue reading →

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Martin Paul Eve and Benjamin Bratton on the problem with Agamben

Posted on July 29, 2021 by stuartelden

Martin Paul Eve, It’s Time we Dropped Agamben (personal blog) Benjamin Bratton, Agamben WTF, or How Philosophy Failed the Pandemic (Verso blog)

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Barney Warf, Geographies of Cosmopolitanism – Edward Elgar, July 2021

Posted on July 29, 2021 by stuartelden

Barney Warf, Geographies of Cosmopolitanism – Edward Elgar, July 2021 Invigorating and timely, this book provides a thorough overview of the geographies of cosmopolitanism, an ethical and political philosophy that views humanity as one community. Barney Warf charts the origins … Continue reading →

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Books received – Klossowski, Borges, Rancière, Lukács

Posted on July 28, 2021 by stuartelden

A few books picked up second-hand, and three by Lukács from Verso.

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Antonio Gramsci, Subaltern Social Groups: A Critical Edition of Prison Notebook 25 – Columbia University Press, August 2021

Posted on July 28, 2021 by stuartelden

Antonio Gramsci, Subaltern Social Groups: A Critical Edition of Prison Notebook 25 – edited and translated by Joseph A. Buttigieg and Marcus E. Green, Columbia University Press, 2021 Antonio Gramsci is widely celebrated as the most original political thinker in … Continue reading →

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