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New book: Wildlife in the Anthropocene

Originally posted on Jeremy J Schmidt:
I have posted to Jamie Lorimer’s work (Oxford, Geography) before, but the University of Minnesota Press just released his new book on Wildlife in the Anthropocene. Here is the description and a talk previously…

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New additions to Colin Gordon’s academia.edu site (2015)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Colin Gordon, New additions to academia.edu site, March 2015 « Le possible : alors et maintenant : The possible then and now. » A new publication in a special issue of the French journal Cultures…

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6 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in March

6 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in March – an interesting list, only one of which I’ve previously posted about here. In honour of the date, you might also want to check out the other post – ‘I am Eugene … Continue reading →

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Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self – forthcoming in December

Michel Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self – forthcoming in December from University of Chicago Press. In 1980, Michel Foucault began a vast project of research on the relationship between subjectivity and truth, an examination of … Continue reading →

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Books received – journals, Foucault-related books, and New Geographies 06

The last of the books and journals received while I was away in Melbourne. Liberté, Libertés is a collection by Robert Badinter with a preface by François Mitterand. Foucault discusses this in a 1977 interview which was published shortly after his death (and … Continue reading →

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What are the humanities good for?

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
There is, apparently, a ‘war against the humanities‘ going on in British higher education, according to a piece in The Observer this weekend. The piece cites as its primary evidence for this ‘war’ the perspectives of scholars from…

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Michel Foucault, Qu’est-ce que la critique? Suivie de La culture de soi (2015)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Michel Foucault, Qu’est-ce que la critique? Suivie de La culture de soi Édition établie par H.-P. Fruchaud et D. Lorenzini Introduction et apparat critique par D. Lorenzini et A.I. Davidson Vrin – Philosophie du présent…

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Latour (in French) at the Quai Branly Museum on March 14

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The war against humanities at Britain’s universities

The war against humanities at Britain’s universities – article in The Guardian.

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

“Foucault insults the police”, photo from 1972 Seven upgrade strategies for a problematic article or chapter Umberto Eco, How to Write a Thesis – reviewed in Times Higher Education University of Surrey’s Politics department under threat Open Letter to Meric … Continue reading →

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