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LA Review of Books section on Althusser – includes new translation of Althusser on Rousseau

The LA Review of Books has a theme section on Althusser – which includes a new translation of a lecture on Rousseau from 1972, and six essays including ones by Nina Power, Jason Barker and Richard Seymour. The  whole Rousseau … Continue reading

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Foucault: The Birth of Power resubmitted

The revised manuscript of Foucault: The Birth of Power has been resubmitted. The desk is clear again… Full update tomorrow.

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The Arts of Logistics – Queen Mary, London, 3-4 June 2016

The Arts of Logistics, 3 & 4 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London Keynotes: Deborah Cowen & Alberto Toscano “The Arts of Logistics” brings together scholars, activists, and artists from across the humanities and social sciences to interrogate how social … Continue reading

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Another long day revising Foucault: The Birth of Power

Another long day revising Foucault: The Birth of Power. Further work restructuring the introduction and some rewriting, and a bit more tweaking in the conclusion. Some of this is undoing the work done over the past couple of days and … Continue reading

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Les Études Philosophiques theme issue on Foucault’s L’Archéologie du savoir, including early draft of Introduction

In 2015 Les Études Philosophiques published a theme issue on Foucault’s L’Archéologie du savoir, which included an early draft of the book’s Introduction. Baptiste MÉLÈS – Présentation Michel FOUCAULT – « Introduction » à L’Archéologie du savoir. Texte établi et introduit … Continue reading

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End of day two of final revisions of Foucault: The Birth of Power

Lots of work over the past two days on this second Foucault manuscript. In particular, the introduction is restructured, some parts rewritten and some new discussion. I say a bit more about the sources worked with, and the argument and approach up … Continue reading

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Foucault’s Last Decade – essay on the content and process at Berfrois

Update September 2025: the Berfrois site is now closed and the archive has been removed. My piece can now be found here. At the Berfrois website I have a short essay discussing Foucault’s Last Decade, both in terms of its … Continue reading

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Society and Space volume 34 issue 3 now online

New issue of Society and Space, including an essay by Lauren Berlant, first delivered at the AAG conference in 2015.

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Eugen Fink, Play as Symbol of the World And Other Writings – forthcoming from IUP

Eugen Fink, Play as Symbol of the World And Other Writings is forthcoming from Indiana University Press. This is a book I’ve found very helpful in thinking about the ‘world’, and wrote about in an article in 2008 for Parrhesia. Its … Continue reading

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Luis Lobo-Guerrero, Insuring Life: Value, Security and Risk

Luis Lobo-Guerrero, Insuring Life: Value, Security and Risk, the third volume in his trilogy on these questions, is forthcoming in May in the Interventions series at Routledge. At the moment it is only a very expensive hardback – £90 for … Continue reading

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