Category Archives: Books

Critical-Theory.com’s five books that came out in October – Balibar, Spanos, Morton, Jameson, Hancox

List and details here.

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More books received

All from University of Chicago Press in recompense for some review work – some interesting books from Eric Santner, Cary Wolfe, Derrida, Tracy B. Strong, and a couple on political theology and/or Shakespeare.

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Foucault’s Last Decade – fourth update

It has been a long time since the third update on the book I’m writing entitled Foucault’s Last Decade, under contract with Polity Press. Since that last update I’ve moved house and started a new job – both of which have … Continue reading

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Foucault, Miles Davis, Ghanaian sunshine…

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Shakespeare, Politics, Territory – a talk for prospective Warwick students

On 21st October I gave a short talk to prospective students at the University of Warwick. These were students between the ages of 15 and 18. The topic, which was suggested for me, was ‘Shakespeare, Politics, Territory’. It’s pitched at … Continue reading

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Ian Gregory talk at Warwick – reflections on GIS and historical and literary texts

Earlier this week I attended a talk by Ian Gregory of the University of Lancaster, on the way GIS and the digital humanities more generally can be useful in reading historical and literary texts. Gregory has a background in Geography … Continue reading

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Books received

Mainly in recompense for review work – Matthew Farish, The Contours of America’s Cold War; Braun & Whatmore, Political Matter; Sampson, Virality; Goldberg, Tempest in the Caribbean; Rutherford, Governing the Wild; Reece Jones, Border Walls and the latest issue of … Continue reading

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Interview with Biblioklept’s Edwin Turner

Edwin Turner, who runs the excellent and ever-fascinating Biblioklept blog, is interviewed about blogging by WordPress.

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the Birth of Territory in 750 words

Well, not quite, but a short interview at Exploring Geopolitics. Thanks to Leonhardt van Efferink for the invitation to do this.

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The Birth of Territory in 34 minutes

At the book launch for The Birth of Territory yesterday I introduced the book in just over thirty minutes. The audio recording is available here.

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