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Rob Kitchin, Data Lives: How Data are Made and Shape Our Lives – Bristol University Press, February 2021

Posted on February 4, 2021 by stuartelden

Rob Kitchin, Data Lives: How Data are Made and Shape Our Lives – Bristol University Press, February 2021 Companion website with some open access material, discount codes and a lot of endorsements. The word ‘data’ has entered everyday conversation, but … Continue reading →

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Intolerable: Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970–1980), edited by Kevin Thompson and Perry Zurn, University of Minnesota Press, April 2021

Posted on February 4, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Intolerable: Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970–1980), edited by Kevin Thompson and Perry Zurn, University of Minnesota Press, December 2020 [updated: April 2021] Founded by Michel Foucault and others in 1970–71,…

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Nigel Thrift, Killer Cities – Sage, February 2021

Posted on February 4, 2021 by stuartelden

Nigel Thrift, Killer Cities – Sage, February 2021 Killer Cities uses a combination of social theory, polemic and close attention to empirical detail to tell the story of how and why cities cause mass animal death and, in the process, … Continue reading →

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Simon Critchley on Finding Clarity in Philosophy and Comedy, interview by Andrew Zuckerman

Posted on February 3, 2021 by stuartelden

Simon Critchley on Finding Clarity in Philosophy and Comedy, interview by Andrew Zuckerman Simon Critchley has seen his share of accidents. In his younger years, he damaged his hands while working in manufacturing plants, and ruined his hearing by rehearsing with … Continue reading →

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Sylvie Lafleur (ed.), Foucault à Montréal: Réflexions pour une criminologie critique – Éditions de la rue Dorion, January 2021

Posted on February 3, 2021 by stuartelden

Sylvie Lafleur (ed.), Foucault à Montréal: Réflexions pour une criminologie critique – Éditions de la rue Dorion, January 2021 En 1976, Michel Foucault participe à une conférence organisée par l’Office des droits des détenus de concert avec l’École de criminologie … Continue reading →

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Arlette Farge, Instants de Vie, with Clémentine Vidal-Naquet, Éditions EHESS, February 2021 (and discussion with Luc Darieaux)

Posted on February 2, 2021 by stuartelden

Arlette Farge, Instants de Vie, presented by Clémentine Vidal-Naquet, Éditions EHESS, February 2021 Le XVIIIe siècle d’Arlette Farge est sonore, odorant, tactile, à la fois familier et exotique, attachant. Elle a rencontré le peuple de Paris dans les archives, bavardes et … Continue reading →

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Lucia Rubinelli, Constituent Power: A History – Cambridge University Press, April 2020 (and roundtable March 9 2021)

Posted on February 2, 2021 by stuartelden

Lucia Rubinelli, Constituent Power: A History – Cambridge University Press, April 2020 From the French Revolution onwards, constituent power has been a key concept for thinking about the principle of popular power, and how it should be realised through the … Continue reading →

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Robert von Friedeburg, Luther’s Legacy: The Thirty Years War and the Modern Notion of ‘State’ in the Empire, 1530s to 1790s – Cambridge University Press, 2016

Posted on February 1, 2021 by stuartelden

Robert von Friedeburg, Luther’s Legacy: The Thirty Years War and the Modern Notion of ‘State’ in the Empire, 1530s to 1790s – Cambridge University Press, 2016 In this new account of the emergence of a distinctive territorial state in early … Continue reading →

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Ziad Elmarsafy, Esoteric Islam in Modern French Thought: Massignon, Corbin, Jambet – Bloomsbury, January 2021

Posted on February 1, 2021 by stuartelden

Ziad Elmarsafy, Esoteric Islam in Modern French Thought: Massignon, Corbin, Jambet – Bloomsbury, January 2021 Why would a devout Catholic, a committed Protestant, and a Maoist atheist devote their lives and work to the study of esoteric aspects of Islam? … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, The Early Foucault, Polity, June 2021 – three endorsements

Posted on January 29, 2021 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden, The Early Foucault – Polity, June 2021 Three really generous endorsements for the book, from people whose own work I really admire. ‘Elden’s compendious coverage of Foucault’s intellectual career constitutes the contemporary apogee of scholarship on Foucault.’Mark G. … Continue reading →

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