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Todd May reviews Balibar’s Violence and Civility

Posted on July 9, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
At NDPR here. Having not read this yet, this looks like a great text to work through the next time I teach a course on violence. Here, May goes through Balibar’s…

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New open access book reviews

Posted on July 8, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
We’ve published some great book reviews on AntipodeFoundation.org recently, including… Christopher Taylor (University of Chicago) on Martha Schoolman’s Abolitionist Geographies; Ian Shaw (University of Glasgow) on Grégoire Chamayou’s Drone Theory and Adam Rothstein’s Drone; Karen McCallum…

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Margaret Moore, A Political Theory of Territory – recently out with OUP.

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Margaret Moore, A Political Theory of Territory – recently out with OUP. Our world is currently divided into territorial states that resist all attempts to change their borders. But what entitles a state, or the people it represents, to assume … Continue reading →

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David Harvey, Wendy Brown, Étienne Balibar discuss neoliberalism, capitalism and Marx

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Deterritorial Investigations :
http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/archive/audio/2015_07_03/2015_07_03_London_Critical_Theory_Summer_School_2015_Friday_Debate_I_speakers.mp3 Q&A @ http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2015/07/london-critical-theory-summer-school-2015-friday-debate-i/

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Foucault Animated – video from The School of Life

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Installing Social Order shared this video about Foucault. I think it’s Alain de Botton speaking. The animation is very good, but the script could have used some serious work.

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Talks at three workshops – on Foucault and Artemidorus, Earth, and Foucault and Shakespeare – with links to some audio recordings

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

I attended and spoke at three workshops last week. First, at the Monash University study centre in Prato, Italy, on modern reappropriations of Hellenistic Ethics. I ran a reading seminar on Foucault’s reading of Artemidorus. The other sessions were by … Continue reading →

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‘How 7/7 changed the way Britain mourns victims of terrorism’ – Charlotte Heath-Kelly in The Conversation

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

My colleague Charlotte Heath-Kelly has a thoughtful piece entitled ‘How 7/7 changed the way Britain mourns victims of terrorism’ in The Conversation.

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Books received – Shakespeare, Marlowe, Bercé

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Some second-hand copies recently bought – two editions of Shakespeare’s King John, the complete plays of Christopher Marlowe, and Yves-Marie Bercé’s Croquants et nu-pieds: Les soulèvements paysans en France du XVIe au XIXe siècle. The last is important background for what Foucault … Continue reading →

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“Let UK universities do what they do best – teaching and research” – Letter from 121 professors in The Guardian

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

“Let UK universities do what they do best – teaching and research” – Letter from 121 professors in The Guardian. Here’s the first paragraph: The UK’s universities can justifiably claim an outstanding international reputation, generating multiple direct and indirect benefits for society, … Continue reading →

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William Cronon lecture at the British Academy tomorrow – 7 July 2015, 6pm

Posted on July 6, 2015 by stuartelden

William Cronon British Academy lecture, Royal Geographical Society, London, 7 July 2015 – ‘ Who reads Geography or History anymore?‘ I was looking forward to this, but now have a conflicting appointment.

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