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Henri Lefebvre, The Survival of Capitalism – how to reconstruct an English version of the French text

Henri Lefebvre’s 1973 book La survie du capitalisme: La reproduction des rapports de production (Anthropos, third edition 2002) was one of the relatively few of his books which was translated within a few years of its initial publication. Many of … Continue reading

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302 interviews with philosophers at 3am Magazine

End times philosophy interviews: the first 302 Thematically organised interviews at 3am Magazine. Thanks to David Beer for the link.

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For a Marxist Poetics of Science: An Interview with Esther Leslie

For a Marxist Poetics of Science: An Interview with Esther Leslie at the Verso blog or in Historical Materialism In this career-spanning interview with George Souvlis, Esther Leslie discusses Walter Benjamin, animated film, the history of color, the Historical Materialism project, and … Continue reading

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Figure/Ground interview with Leonard Lawlor

Figure/Ground interview with Leonard Lawlor – lots of good discussion of European philosophy, including Deleuze, Derrida, Foucault, Heidegger and Lyotard. Also some interesting comments about writing: What advice would you give to young graduate students and aspiring university professors? I … Continue reading

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Foucault, Les aveux de la chair – Gallimard page and a few more details

Michel Foucault, Les aveux de la chair, the fourth volume of his History of Sexuality, is scheduled for publication in February 2018. The Gallimard page now has a few more details, including its length at 448 pages (volumes II and III, in the … Continue reading

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A Marxist critique of higher education – David Harvey interview

A Marxist critique of higher education – David Harvey interview at FreshEd To celebrate the 100th episode of FreshEd, I’ve saved an interview with a very special guest. Back in October, I had the privilege of sitting down with Professor … Continue reading

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In the Shadow of Dictatorship: Foucault in Brazil – Marcelo Hoffman video abstract

In this short video, Marcelo Hoffman discusses his review essay of Heliana de Barros Conde Rodrigues’s book Ensaios sobre Michel Foucault no Brasil: Presença, efeitos, ressonâncias (Michel Foucault in Brazil: Presence, Effects, Resonances). His full review is available online and in … Continue reading

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Mark Kelly, For Foucault: Against Normative Political Theory

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
I shared Mark Kelly’s review of Althusser et al’s Reading Capital: The Complete Edition at the Progress in Political Economy site yesterday. Mark’s next book,  For Foucault: Against Normative Political Theory is forthcoming in early 2018 from SUNY…

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Back to writing in 2018 – Foucault, Canguilhem and Lefebvre

As the blog posts of the last couple of days indicate, I’m back at my desk working. The first writing submitted this year was a 2000 word piece entitled ‘Foucault, Biography, and Posthumous Publications’, destined for the American Book Review. … Continue reading

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Derek Gregory roundup of forthcoming books on War Stories

Derek Gregory has a very useful roundup of new and forthcoming books on War Stories, including works by Gary Fields, Caren Kaplan, Anna Feigenbaum, Maja Zehfuss and others.

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