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Theodor W. Adorno, Notes to Literature (combined edition) – Columbia University Press, 2019

Posted on December 21, 2020 by stuartelden

Theodor W. Adorno, Notes to Literature (combined edition) – Columbia University Press, 2019, edited by Rolf Tiedemann, translated by Shierry Weber Nicholson, with a new introduction by Paul Kottman. I’d missed this when it was published late last year. Notes … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault Update 4: The term from hell, Foucault in Brazil and Tunisia, and the problems of archival research in a pandemic

Posted on December 18, 2020 by stuartelden

This was an exceptionally difficult term – probably the hardest I can remember in twenty-five years of working in universities. It was very hard to make any progress on this manuscript – the fourth and final book in this sequence … Continue reading →

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Emanuel Clairizio, Robert Poma and Michel Spanò (eds.), Milieu, mi-lieu, milieux – Éditions Mimesis, 2020

Posted on December 18, 2020 by stuartelden

Emanuel Clairizio, Robert Poma and Michel Spanò (eds.), Milieu, mi-lieu, milieux – Éditions Mimesis, 2020 Georges Canguilhem af­firmait que la notion de milieu s’était constituée « comme catégorie de la pensée contemporaine ». En effet, depuis que la biologie de … Continue reading →

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New Book – Circling Marx: Essays 1980-2020

Posted on December 18, 2020 by stuartelden

Originally posted on thesis eleven:
A new book of essays by Peter Beilharz, Sichuan University Circling Marx: Essays 1980-2020 (Brill, 2020) Karl Marx circles us, and we him. This reflects the power of his legacy, but it also indicates the…

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Mark Laurence Jackson and Mark Hanlen, Securing Urbanism: Contagion, Power and Risk – Springer, January 2021

Posted on December 16, 2020 by stuartelden

Mark Laurence Jackson and Mark Hanlen, Securing Urbanism: Contagion, Power and Risk – Springer, January 2021 This book is concerned with developing an in-depth understanding of contemporary political and spatial analyses of cities. In the three-part development of the book’s … Continue reading →

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Henry V: Historical and Literary Territories at War – videos of 11 December 2020 conference

Posted on December 16, 2020 by stuartelden

Online Conference Henry V: Historical and Literary Territories at War (edited) A selection of the papers and discussions from the 11/12/2020 online conference on Henry V: Historical and Literary Territories at War / Territoires d’histoire, territoires littéraires en guerre (Université … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory on the end of his teaching career

Posted on December 16, 2020 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory on the end of his teaching career at his blog Geographical Imaginations. I gave my last UBC lecture on 2 December (below), but I shall – of course! – continue my research and writing. So this isn’t retirement … Continue reading →

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New Left Review new blog – Sidecar

Posted on December 16, 2020 by stuartelden

New Left Review has a new blog – Sidecar

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Michel Foucault, Interview with Madeleine Chapsal (2020)

Posted on December 13, 2020 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Michel Foucault, Interview with Madeleine Chapsal, The Journal of Continental Philosophy Translated by Mark G. E. Kelly, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 29-35 DOI: 10.5840/jcp2020876 Open accessAbstract In this 1966 interview, published here in…

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Rob Kitchin, ‘Writing Fiction as Scholarly Work’ at LSE Impact of Social Sciences

Posted on December 11, 2020 by stuartelden

Rob Kitchin, Writing Fiction as Scholarly Work at LSE Impact of Social Sciences Writing for academic publication is highly stylised and formalised. In this post Rob Kitchin describes how writing fiction has shaped his own academic praxis and can provide scholars with … Continue reading →

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