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CFP Theatre, Performance, Foucault! – 4th July 2015 – King’s College London

Theatre, Performance, Foucault! TaPRA Theatre, Performance, and Philosophy working group interim event – a one-day symposium 4th July 2015 – King’s College London Michel Foucault was not only one of the most controversial and provocative thinkers of the 20th Century, he was … Continue reading →

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Zamora and Behrent (eds.) Foucault and Neoliberalism – forthcoming in November 2015 from Polity

The English version of the book which caused a storm last year – Daniel Zamora and Michael C. Behrent (eds.) Foucault and Neoliberalism – is forthcoming in November 2015 from Polity. Michel Foucault’s death in 1984 coincided with the fading … Continue reading →

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Consolidated list of all the Michel Serres primary bibliography posts

Originally posted on Christopher Watkin:
All the categories for the comprehensive Michel Serres primary bibliography are now up and running. I will keep adding titles over the coming months as I come across them, but in order to make the…

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Translating from French into English

Originally posted on Refracted Input:
I just came across this interesting passage in an article by Dave Hickey on The Brooklyn Rail discussing his experiences teaching French theory. […] since the texts we read were written in French and being…

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Capitalismo global y regeneración urbana | Homenaje a Neil Smith

Originally posted on multipliciudades:
El grupo Espais Crítics organiza un encuentro en Barcelona entre el 14 y el 16 de diciembre para celebrar críticamente la memoria de Neil Smith. El evento se desarrollará en el MACBA —además de un paseo…

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Interview with Arnold L. Farr by Margath Walker – On critical theory, liberation and Herbert Marcuse

An excellent discussion of the work of Herbert Marcuse at the Society and Space open site.

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Hot off the press – Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales is published

Hot off the press – Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales is published. This is the last Collège de France course to appear, though it is the second in sequence, from 1971-72. Bernard E. Harcourt edited the text, it comes with … Continue reading →

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W.G. Sebald’s tips for writing – from his final fiction workshop

W.G. Sebald’s tips for writing – from his final fiction workshop, but lots here for writers of non-fiction to think about. Here’s the first section: On Approach  Fiction should have a ghostlike presence in it somewhere, something omniscient. It makes … Continue reading →

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Wendy Brown on Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s Stealth Revolution

Originally posted on Jeremy J Schmidt:
A radio interview based on Wendy Brown’s new book.

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Data visualising Kant’s vocabulary – Valerio Pellegrini

Data visualising Kant’s vocabulary – a design project by Valerio Pellegrini’s in his Master in Communication Design at Politecnico di Milano. Here’s a brief description and one sample image, but there are several different types. The tool stems from a … Continue reading →

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