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A new term at Warwick – teaching but also some research

On Monday a new term at Warwick began. My teaching is blocked into term 1, and most of it is in the first few weeks, so this is a busy time. I’m also heading to California next week for the … Continue reading

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Jacques Derrida, Heidegger: The Question of Being and History reviewed at NDPR

Jacques Derrida’s 1964-65 seminar, Heidegger: The Question of Being and History, is reviewed at NDPR by Rodolphe Gasché.

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Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual

New issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual available – free to download.

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Books received – Cisney & Morar, Gautam, Ramachandran, Derrida, Burnham, Fink, Greenblatt, Lecavalier

Mainly from Chicago in recompense for review work, along with two second-hand books (Burnham for teaching, Greenblatt for the Shakespeare project), Jesse Lecavalier, The Rule of Logistics, sent by the publisher, and Eugen Fink, Play as Symbol of the World, to … Continue reading

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Adam Kotsko’s thoughts on Dotan Leshem’s Origins of Neoliberalism: Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault

Adam Kotsko’s thoughts on Dotan Leshem’s The Origins of Neoliberalism: Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault. 

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Saskia Sassen interviewed by Shamus Khan in Public Culture (requires subscription)

Saskia Sassen interviewed by Shamus Khan in Public Culture (requires subscription) Shamus Khan talks with Saskia Sassen about some of her most influential book projects, from The Mobility of Labor and Capital and The Global City to her recent publication, Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in … Continue reading

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Daniel McLoughlin (ed.) Agamben and Radical Politics

This looks an interesting collection: Agamben and Radical Politics, edited by Daniel McLoughlin. Giorgio Agamben’s analysis of sovereignty was profoundly influential for critical theory as it grappled with issues of security and state violence in the wake of 11 September 2001. … Continue reading

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Foucault’s History of Sexuality Vol I, 40 years on – theme issue of Cultural History

‘Revisiting The History of Sexuality: Thinking with Foucault at Forty’, theme issue of Cultural History, guest edited by Howard Chiang. Here’s the abstract of the introduction: This critical introduction discusses the major interventions of this special issue commemorating the fortieth anniversary … Continue reading

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Interview about Foucault’s Last Decade on New Books in Critical Theory (audio)

A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Dave O’Brien of Goldsmiths about Foucault’s Last Decade for the New Books in Critical Theory series. The recording is now available as a podcast: Download (Duration: 47:54 — 21.9MB) or to stream … Continue reading

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Foucault and Shakespeare, Terrain and forthcoming talks

I’ve been fairly quiet on this blog recently. That isn’t to say I haven’t been busy – mainly on the Shakespeare project. (More on this project can be found here). Unlike the work for the Foucault books, I haven’t felt … Continue reading

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