Category Archives: People

Reading the “Black Notebooks” – A Special Issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual

Reading the “Black Notebooks” A Special Issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual The 2015 issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual will be devoted to the topic of Reading the “Black Notebooks.” Papers on any aspect of the Black Notebooks … Continue reading →

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Heterotopian Studies on Foucault on Rebeyrolle

Heterotopian Studies has a short discussion of Foucault’s work on the artist Paul Rebeyrolle – an essay that is translated in the Space, Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography collection Jeremy Crampton and I edited in 2007.

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Basel ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar

I got back earlier today from two enjoyable days at the University of Basel for the ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and the ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar. The lecture was on ‘Geopolitics, Geopower, Geometrics’ and the morning of the seminar looked at … Continue reading →

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Urban Revolution Now: Henri Lefebvre in Social Research and Architecture – now published

Urban Revolution Now: Henri Lefebvre in Social Research and Architecture. Edited by  Łukasz Stanek, Christian Schmid and Ákos Moravánszky, it includes contributions by many leading Lefebvre and urban scholars. When Henri Lefebvre published The Urban Revolution in 1970, he sketched a … Continue reading →

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Books received – Fourquet, Barret-Kriegel, Esposito, de Vries, de Beistegui & Sparks, Magnussen

A few books in recompense for review work – de Vries, Re-imaging a Politics of Life; the Philosophy and Tragedy collection; Magnusson’s Politics of Urbanism. Two books by two of Foucault’s collaborators – François Fourquet, Les comptes de la puissance and … Continue reading →

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Alison Ross, Walter Benjamin’s Concept of the Image

Just published – Alison Ross, Walter Benjamin’s Concept of the Image. In this book, Alison Ross engages in a detailed study of Walter Benjamin’s concept of the image, exploring the significant shifts in Benjamin’s approach to the topic over the course … Continue reading →

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Basel ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar

Tomorrow I fly to Zurich and then take the train to Basel for the ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and the ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar at the University of Basel. The lecture will be the latest iteration of a paper I’ve given … Continue reading →

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A minor note on Michel Foucault and Peter Brown: From a watershed to the parting of the waters

Update 5 October 2025 – an updated and expanded version of this post, based on the new sources available, is here. In the closing lines of ‘Le combat de la chasteté’, first published in May 1982, Foucault mentions Peter Brown’s … Continue reading →

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Preprints of a couple of forthcoming publications now available

I’ve added the preprints of a couple of forthcoming publications, on Foucault and territory respectively, to the page on this site.

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Mark Kelly, Foucault and Politics: A Critical Introduction

Mark G. E. Kelly, Foucault and Politics: A Critical Introduction This book surveys Michel Foucault’s thought in the context of his life and times, utilising the latest primary and secondary materials to explain the political implications of each phase of … Continue reading →

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