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Althusser, an Intellectual Adventure, a film by Bruno Oliviero – available on Youtube

Posted on January 28, 2017 by stuartelden

Update 27 Feb: the video has unfortunately been removed. Althusser, an Intellectual Adventure – a film by Bruno Oliviero. The entire film is available on Youtube. Thanks to Irina Culic for the link. The interview with Althusser is in Italian, … Continue reading →

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Eyal Weizman video interview on ‘Forensic Architecture – Investigating the Blueprint of War Crimes’ on Russia Today

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Eyal Weizman video interview on ‘Forensic Architecture – Investigating the Blueprint of War Crimes’ on Russia Today. A fascinating discussion of what his Goldsmiths research agency Forensic Architecture does, and a robust response to hostile questioning. Eyal writes: A few … Continue reading →

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Deborah Cowen on ‘Infrastructures of Empire and Resistance’ at the Verso site

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Deborah Cowen on ‘Infrastructures of Empire and Resistance‘ at the Verso site.

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Two reviews of Ben Golder’s Foucault and the Politics of Rights

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Two reviews of Ben Golder’s Foucault and the Politics of Rights – Andrew Dilts at NDPR (open access) and Marcelo Hoffman in New Political Science (requires access).

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Books received – Canguilhem, Lefebvre, Farge and Foucault, Nail, Weber, Repo, Pasnau

Posted on January 26, 2017 by stuartelden

Four books from OUP in recompense for review work (Thomas Nail, Theory of the Border; Cynthia Weber, Queer International Relations; Jemina Repo, The Biopolitics of Gender and Robert Pasnau, Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671), the long-awaited English translation of Arlette Farge and Michel … Continue reading →

Posted in Arlette Farge, Boundaries, Georges Canguilhem, Henri Lefebvre, Michel Foucault, Politics, The Early Foucault | Leave a comment

Althusser, an Intellectual Adventure – a film by Bruno Oliviero

Posted on January 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Althusser, an Intellectual Adventure – a film by Bruno Oliviero. I missed seeing this in Paris last week, and hope other screenings will take place. Philosopher, Marxist, professor, murderer. More than a quarter century after his death, Louis Althusser, one … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, Key Writings to be reissued in Bloomsbury’s Revelations series

Posted on January 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre, Key Writings is to be reissued in Bloomsbury’s Revelations series. It’s not out until October, but the previous version is still in print. There are no changes to the new version – in fact I wasn’t even told … Continue reading →

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Books received – Brenner, Foucault, Macauley, Binswanger

Posted on January 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Neil Brenner’s Critique of Urbanization, the translation of Foucault’s Mental Illness and Psychology (for the intro by Hubert Dreyfus); David Macauley’s Elemental Philosophy and Ludwig Binswanger’s Ausgewählte Werke. Neil kindly sent me a copy of his book, the Macauley was recompense for review work, and … Continue reading →

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Neil Brenner, Critique of Urbanization: Selected Essays – now published

Posted on January 23, 2017 by stuartelden

Neil Brenner, Critique of Urbanization: Selected Essays – now published by Birkhäuser Verlag. It’s a collection of largely previously published essays, but several were in hard-to-find places, and it has some new material. Urbanization is transforming the planet, within and … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 3: Another week at the Bibliothèque Nationale

Posted on January 23, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve just spent another week at the Bibliothèque Nationale manuscript room – newly renovated and now a dedicated space. This is at the older Richelieu site in the centre of the city. I worked through boxes relating to two key … Continue reading →

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