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Emily Herring, Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People – Basic Books, October 2024

Emily Herring, Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People – Hachette, October 2024 Two short excerpts are on Herring’s Substack – first excerpt and Metaphysics to die for. update January 2025: New Books discussion … Continue reading

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Stuart Elden, La última década de Foucault, trans. Albert Fuentes – Melusina, September 2004

Stuart Elden, La última década de Foucault, trans. Albert Fuentes, Melusina, September 2004 Pleased to hear that the Spanish translation of Foucault’s Last Decade (Polity Press, 2016) has just been published. Many thanks to Albert Fuentes for the translation, and … Continue reading

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Books received – Wittgenstein, Wahnich, Heidegger and Löwith, Alexander, Hill, Sebastian

Some books received in recompense for review work from Rowan & Littlefield – Wittgenstein’s diaries, Wahnich, The French Revolution in Theory, the Heidegger and Löwith correspondence, a biography of WEB Du Bois, Leslie Hill, Nancy, Blanchot and Mihail Sebastian’s Journal … Continue reading

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Michel Foucault, Entretiens radiophoniques 1961-1983, Flammarion/Vrin/INA, 2024

Michel Foucault, Entretiens radiophoniques 1961-1983, ed. Henri-Paul Fruchaud, Flammarion/Vrin/INA, 2024 De 1961, date de son retour en France après plusieurs années passées en Suède, en Pologne et en Allemagne, jusqu’à la fin de sa vie, Michel Foucault a été très régulièrement … Continue reading

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Trevor Wilson, Alexandre Kojève and the Specters of Russian Philosophy – Northwestern University Press, November 2024

Trevor Wilson, Alexandre Kojève and the Specters of Russian Philosophy – Northwestern University Press, November 2024 Recounts Kojève’s key role in the pivotal exchange of ideas between Eastern and Western European intellectuals in the early twentieth century This book shines … Continue reading

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Matthew Hannah reviews The Archaeology of Foucault (Polity, 2023) in Cultural Geographies

I missed this when it came out last year, but Matthew Hannah briefly and generously reviews The Archaeology of Foucault (Polity, 2023) in Cultural Geographies. It’s restricted access, unfortunately. Here’s the opening paragraph. Throughout his impressive body of work in … Continue reading

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Marx 13/13 – Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Theory seminar series

Marx 13/13 – Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Theory seminar series Karl Marx’s writings contain many of the most impactful ideas that have transformed—and still today continue to transform—the course of human history. Marx’s ambition for philosophy, namely to change … Continue reading

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Jacques Rancière in conversation with Oliver Davis – London, 12 November 2024

Jacques Rancière in conversation with Oliver Davis – London, 12 November 2024 Meet French philosopher Jacques Rancière in conversation with Professor Oliver Davis (University College Cork). A leading philosopher and specialist of Marxist political philosophy and aesthetics, Jacques Rancière significantly contributed … Continue reading

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Mark Neocleous, Pacification: Social War and the Power of Police – Verso, February 2025

Mark Neocleous, Pacification: Social War and the Power of Police – Verso, February 2025 No publisher page yet, but in online bookstores and Google books. Update December 2024: the publisher page is here. In his new book, critical theorist Mark … Continue reading

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E-International Relations interview – Klaus Dodds

E-International Relations interview – Klaus Dodds Klaus Dodds is Executive Dean and Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He completed his PhD at the University of Bristol in … Continue reading

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