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Judith Butler lectures on the Performative Theory of Assembly

The Sociological Imagination has gathered up online lectures relating to Judith Butler’s new book Notes Towards a Performative Theory of Assembly.  Here’s the first of them – the ‘Human Shield’ London Review of International Law lecture given at the LSE in February 2015:

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Radical Philosophy 195 published

Radical Philosophy 195 is now published. Commentary: Politicizing poerlessness – Mathieu Bonzom Commentary: An apology for French republicanism – Olivier Tonneau Article: The irony of anatomy Basquiat’s poetics of black positionality – Nathan Brown Article: Radical openness Chord symbols, musical abstraction … Continue reading

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A previously unpublished 1983 conversation between Michel Foucault and Jonathan Simon – forthcoming in Theory, Culture and Society

“Danger, Crime and Rights: A 1983 conversation between Michel Foucault and Jonathan Simon” is forthcoming in Theory, Culture and Society. I found a recording of the discussion in the Berkeley archive, and since I knew Jonathan, got in touch. We had a conversation … Continue reading

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Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College, 1980

Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College, 1980, is now published with University of Chicago Press.  When the book came out in French I provided a note of the original English-language sources. What … Continue reading

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Relire le Foucault de La Pléiade (2016)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Journée d’études à l’EHESS « Relire le Foucault de la Pléiade » 6 janvier 2016 École des Hautes études en sciences sociales amphithéâtre François-Furet 105 bd Raspail 75006 Paris PDF of programme En novembre 2015,…

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Foucault Studies 20 – now published, including ‘The Uncollected Foucault’

Foucault Studies 20 is now published. It’s a very large issue of 371 pages, all available open access. There is a theme section on ‘Civil Society’, a number of other articles and reviews, and a review symposium on  On Government of … Continue reading

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Themes on Territory, Justice, and Rivers: a collection

Originally posted on Territory and Justice: a research network:
Foreword by Cara Nine Papers delivered by participants at the ?Themes on Territory, Justice, and Rivers? Workshop (4-5 June 2015, UCC) Paulina Ochoa-Espejo, ?Why Should States Share River Governance? Pierce Randall,…

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Video: The Power of Ideas: a discussion with David Harvey at LSE

The Power of Ideas: a discussion with David Harvey at the LSE, via the Reading Marx’s Capital blog.

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Details of Derek Gregory’s Tanner lectures ‘Reach from the Sky’

Derek Gregory has shared further details of his Tanner lectures ‘Reach from the Sky‘, to be delivered in Cambridge on 13th January, with a discussion on 14th January. Admission is free but you will need a ticket from: tannerbookings@clarehall.cam.ac.uk (Tel: 01223 … Continue reading

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Spatial Justice Collection – essays open access until end 2015

Spatial Justice Collection – essays open access until end 2015. Thanks to dmf for the link. Explore this year’s ACSP conference  theme of ‘Justice in the City’ with the below article collection – over 60 free papers which explore the themes of spatial … Continue reading

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