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At the Contemporary Condition, BillWilliam Connolly on the Dilemma of Electoral Politics. Also provides the subtitle of his forthcoming book The Fragility of Things: self-organizing processes, neoliberal fantasies, democratic activism.

from his final book, Fractured Times, a short excerpt on the myth of the cowboy, in The Guardian

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Don DeLillo on writing. Biblioklept View original post

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I’m speaking about Drone strikes and the matrix of violence in Pakistan at a conference in Vancouver at the week-end – a presentation which will form part of The everywhere war – and to set…

This course aims to give research students an advanced introduction to globalisation and discuss the various aspects most commonly associated with globalisation. The course aims to present a broad understanding of globalisation covering the way that the phenomenon is discussed … Continue reading →

The introduction and an interview with Stiegler are open access. more details here.

If, like me, you use Google Reader as a way of keeping on top of various blogs, news feeds, email lists, etc., then the news it is to close down in the next few months was annoying. Lifehacker has a … Continue reading →

If Shakespeare wrote the script to Star Wars – thanks to Ben Obi-Wan Rosamond for the link.

The Journal of Historical Geography 2012 prize was awarded to a paper by David Fedman on how maps can show the bombing of Japan in World War II. Full details and some striking images here. Thanks to Felix Driver for … Continue reading →