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Bal Sokhi-​Bulley on Governmentality at Critical Legal Thinking

Posted on December 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Bal Sokhi-Bulley, ‘Governmentality: Notes on the Thought of Michel Foucault‘ at Critical Legal Thinking.  

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Rank Hypocrisies: The Insult of the REF (when I’m 64)

Posted on December 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on coasts of bohemia:
UPDATE.  There is a (much cheaper) Kindle edition of this book to come soon, but it is not currently listed on amazon or other sites. Seems oddly appropriate that I should be celebrating my 64th…

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The Guardian on events at Warwick University yesterday

Posted on December 4, 2014 by stuartelden

I was away from Warwick yesterday, examining a PhD at Aberystwyth. Story and video in The Guardian. Three people have been arrested and police officers accused of using excessive force after a Taser was pulled on students amid violent scenes at a … Continue reading →

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Tareq A. Ramadan on ‘ISIL, Coins, and the Caliphate’

Posted on December 3, 2014 by stuartelden

A fascinating guest post at Juan Cole’s ever-interesting Informed Comment on “ISIL, Coins, and the Caliphate”. It has been recently reported by Daesh (what most Arabs call the self-styled “Islamic State Group” or IS) that it will be producing and … Continue reading →

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George Monbiot on land ownership in Britain

Posted on December 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Interesting piece by George Monbiot on land ownership in The Guardian, but fully referenced on his website.

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Giorgio Agamben, Pilate and Jesus – forthcoming in February 2015

Posted on December 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Giorgio Agamben, Pilate and Jesus, translated by Adam Kotsko – forthcoming in February 2015. Pontius Pilate is one of the most enigmatic figures in Christian theology. The only non-Christian to be named in the Nicene Creed, he is presented as a … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Bates and Richard Wilson (eds.), Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy

Posted on December 3, 2014 by stuartelden

This looks an interesting collection – Jennifer Bates and Richard Wilson (eds.), Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy. This collection of 15 essays by celebrated authors in Shakespeare studies and in continental philosophy develops different aspects of the interface between continental thinking … Continue reading →

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Last lecture of the semester: Foucault and Derrida on Madness

Posted on December 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Tonight. Below I go over the debate between Foucault and Derrida after a whole semester in which I taught their texts on crime and punishment, but not this particular debate. It’s…

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The Politics of the UK HE Marking Boycott, Part III

Posted on December 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
A brief update. As anticipated in Part II, UCU’s higher education committee voted to suspend the industrial action over pensions until 15 January and enter into negotiations with employers, despite opposition from UCU…

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Eyal Weizman interview, film screening, Society and Space lecture and review of Forensis forthcoming

Posted on December 2, 2014 by stuartelden

A new interview with Eyal Weizman ahead of a film screening in London.

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