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Interview with Joseph Masco by Sonia Grant

Posted on June 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Fascinating interview with Joseph Masco at the Society and Space open site.

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Foucault’s Heterotopia and Benjamin’s Arcade Project – a discussion by Peter Johnson

Posted on June 15, 2015 by stuartelden

“Heterotopia and Benjamin’s Arcade Project” – a discussion by Peter Johnson at Heterotopian Studies. I have been asked whether I think there is any productive link between heterotopia and Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project. I went back to Benjamin’s inspirational book … Continue reading →

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Foucault and the Government of Disability (2015)

Posted on June 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Shelley Tremain, Editor, Foucault and the Government of Disability, University of Michigan, 2015 Enlarged and Revised Edition An up-to-date edition of a foundational collection Foucault and the Government of Disability considers the continued relevance of…

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David Farrell Krell, Phantoms of the Other: Four Generations of Derrida’s Geschlecht reviewed at NDPR

Posted on June 15, 2015 by stuartelden

David Farrell Krell, Phantoms of the Other: Four Generations of Derrida’s Geschlecht reviewed at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews by N. Gabriel Martin. My own review of this great book is forthcoming with Derrida Today.

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on June 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Simon Springer and David Harvey debate Marxism, anarchism and Geography Editing Henri Lefebvre’s Metaphilosophy – doing his endnotes properly Foucault’s 1983 seminar at Berkeley – tracing the people in the ‘cowboy hat’ photograph Why should academics blog about their research? An answer in pictures … Continue reading →

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Why should academics blog about their research? An answer in pictures

Posted on June 13, 2015 by stuartelden

Why should academics blog about their research? An answer in pictures at The Sociological Imagination. Four reasons in the full post. Thanks to Jacqueline Bartram who drew these great cartoons as I was talking at a Hull event last week … Continue reading →

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Radio France Culture: Michel Foucault : Théories et institutions pénales.

Posted on June 13, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
L’Essai et la revue du jour par Jacques Munier France Culture, 9 June 2015 Audio Michel Foucault : Théories et institutions pénales. Cours au Collège de France 1971-1972 (EHESS/Gallimard/Seuil) « C’est un document exceptionnel »…

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Marcelo Hoffman reviews Foucault’s La société punitive in Political Theory (subscription required)

Posted on June 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Now up online first, Marcelo Hoffman reviews Foucault’s La société punitive in Political Theory (subscription required).

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Editing Henri Lefebvre’s Metaphilosophy – doing his endnotes properly

Posted on June 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Over the last few weeks I’ve been editing the translation of Lefebvre’s Metaphilosophy for Verso. Despite a very fine translation by David Fernbach, this has still taken some work. First there are the linguistic complications of a three-way language dialogue – … Continue reading →

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Étienne Balibar, Citizenship – now out with Polity

Posted on June 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Étienne Balibar, Citizenship – now out with Polity. If fundamental political categories were represented as geometric shapes, citizenship would be one of those rotating polyhedrons with reflective surfaces that together create effects of light and shade. With extraordinarily acute discernment, … Continue reading →

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