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Irus Braverman (ed.), Laws of the Sea: Interdisciplinary Currents – Routledge, July 2022

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Irus Braverman (ed.), Laws of the Sea:Interdisciplinary Currents – Routledge, July 2022 Update: the e-book can be accessed open access here. Currently listed just as hardback, but a paperback and open access e-book will also…

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Special Issue: Michel Foucault and the Historiography of Science (2022)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Special Issue: Michel Foucault and the Historiography of Science, Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science, No. 12 (2022) From the Editors Michel Foucault and the Historiography of Science Marlon Salomon Dossiers (Issue-specific topics)…

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Michel Foucault, La Question Anthropologique, Cours 1954-55, edited by Arianna Sforzini – EHESS/Gallimard/Seuil, June 2022

Michel Foucault, La Question Anthropologique, Cours 1954-55, edited by Arianna Sforzini – EHESS/Gallimard/Seuil, June 2022 Qu’est-ce que l’homme ? Michel Foucault, au mitan des années 1950, consacre une partie de son enseignement, dispensé à l’université de Lille et à l’École … Continue reading →

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Louis Althusser, Socialisme idéologique et socialisme scientifique et autres textes – edited by G.M. Goshgarian, PUF, August 2022

Louis Althusser, Socialisme idéologique et socialisme scientifique et autres textes – edited by G.M. Goshgarian, PUF, August 2022 En 1966, Louis Althusser a 48 ans. Auréolé de l’énorme succès de Pour Marx et de Lire ” Le Capital “, il se … Continue reading →

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Jacques Derrida, Penser, c’est dire non – Seuil, June 2022

Jacques Derrida, Penser, c’est dire non – Seuil, June 2022 Durant l’année scolaire 1960-1961, Jacques Derrida, alors assistant en philosophie générale et logique à La Sorbonne, entreprend une lecture de la phrase d’Alain, « Penser, c’est dire non ». Ce … Continue reading →

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Milton Santos, The Nature of Space and For a New Geography, with a commentary at Progress in Political Economy [and discussion at New Books Network]

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Milton Santos,?The Nature of Space, translated by Brenda Baletti (Duke, 2021). In?The Nature of Space, pioneering Afro-Brazilian geographer Milton Santos attends to globalization writ large and how local and global orders intersect in the construction…

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Foucault’s Historical Imaginary – Western Sydney University, 14 June 2022, online

Foucault’s Historical Imaginary – Western Sydney University, 14 June 2022, online. Free, but registration required. 6-8pm AEST; 9-11am BST. A discussion of Foucault’s historical method with Alison Downham Moore, Mark G. E. Kelly, and Stuart Elden. Despite the enormous influence … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler, What World is this? A Pandemic Psychology – Columbia University Press, November 2022

Judith Butler, What World is this? A Pandemic Psychology – Columbia University Press, November 2022 The pandemic compels us to ask fundamental questions about our place in the world: the many ways humans rely on one another, how we vitally … Continue reading →

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Philology and Microhistory: A Conversation with Carlo Ginzburg by Islam Dayeh (open access)

Philology and Microhistory: A Conversation with Carlo Ginzburg by Islam Dayeh  In this Philological Conversation, Carlo Ginzburg reflects on the place of philology in his work and explores the connections between philology, microhistory, and casuistry. We talk about the people who … Continue reading →

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Robert J. Mayhew (ed.), Debating Malthus: A Documentary Reader on Population, Resources and the Environment – University of Washington Press, May 2022

Robert J. Mayhew (ed.), Debating Malthus: A Documentary Reader on Population, Resources and the Environment – University of Washington Press, May 2022 For centuries, thinking about the earth’s increasing human population has been tied to environmental ideas and political action. … Continue reading →

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