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Stefano Liberti, Land-Grabbing: Journeys in the New Colonialism

Interesting read from Verso – Stefano Liberti, Land-Grabbing: Journeys in the New Colonialism. I ordered this as paper copy, and a bunch more in the Verso sale, but because of the bundled e-books was able to read this while on the road. A … Continue reading →

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Adrian Johnston interviewed by Graham Harman

At the EUP site, Adrian Johnston is interviewed by Graham Harman, mainly about his latest book Adventures in Transcendental Materialism (via Graham’s blog). When you’re done with that, you can also check out Peter Gratton’s interview with Adrian at the Society and … Continue reading →

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Interview with Gastón Gordillo by Stuart Elden in Society and Space

Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on an interview with Gastón Gordillo, Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, and the author of several books including Landscapes of Devils: Tensions of Place and Memory in the Argentinean Chaco and the forthcoming Rubble: … Continue reading →

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Ernesto Laclau

Originally posted on Posthegemony:
I have spent almost the entirety of my academic career reading, and responding to, Ernesto Laclau, who has died at the age of 78. Ernesto was one of the great systematic thinkers of the past fifty…

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The Marking Boycott And Its Aftermath

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
In the face of a UK higher education marking boycott due to start in 11 days time, universities have come forth with a new pay offer. Having unilaterally imposed a 1% rise (read:…

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Giorgio Agamben – The Homo Sacer series structure in visual form

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Thanks to Nicholas Dahmann for updating this image. According to some reports, II, 4 will not be published and the designation of Opus Dei as II, 5 may have been an error. The Use of Bodies is the last…

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Ernesto Laclau (1935–2014)

Another tribute to Ernesto Laclau, from Adrià Porta Caballé

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Ernesto Laclau RIP

Originally posted on occasional links & commentary:
Ernest0 Laclau was, by all accounts, a decent, gentle man and a path-breaking scholar on the Left. I first became aware of Laclau in terms of his participation in the famous “modes of…

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Elisabeth Roudinesco on Judith Butler at the Verso blog and in Le Monde

Judith Butler, the Iconoclast: Elisabeth Roudinesco on Judith Butler – English here; French here.

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Peter Sloterdijk, ‘The Domestication of Being’ – discussed at Aphelis

At his Aphelis blog, Philippe Theophanidis discusses versions and translations of Peter Sloterdijk’s essay “Die Domestikation des Seins. Für eine Verdeutlichung der Lichtung”. The excerpt quoted [here] comes from a translation of the fourth and final chapter of the essay. For a … Continue reading →

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