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The Productive Body by Didier Deleule and François Guéry

An important 1972 book, mentioned by Foucault in Discipline and Punish, is finally coming out in English translation in March 2014, with an excellent introduction by the translators. The Productive Body asks how the human body and its labor have been … Continue reading

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Brett Christophers – The Territorial Fix

Brett Christophers has an interesting piece in Progress in Human Geography, entitled “The territorial fix: Price, power and profit in the geographies of markets” (requires subscription). It takes the notion of the ‘spatial fix’ developed by David Harvey and others … Continue reading

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Althusser, On the Reproduction of Capitalism – the translator’s list of errata

While most of us are still waiting to see the translation of Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Captalism, the translator G.M. Goshgarian has provided a list of errata. It would be interesting to know the story behind this – lack of … Continue reading

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Álvaro Sevilla Buitrago – Hegemonía, gubernamentalidad, territorio

If you read Spanish, this looks like a really interesting article linking Foucault, Gramsci and Lefebvre to the study of urban planning – ‘Hegemonía, gubernamentalidad, territorio. Apuntes metodológicos para una historia social de la planificación’ (via Álvaro’s blog – Multipliciudades).

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Foucault, La Société punitive video of discussions – Harcourt, Balibar, Defert

The video of a discussion between Bernard Harcourt, Étienne Balibar, Daniel Defert, Pierrette Poncela and Corentin Durand on Foucault, La Société punitive, with links to subsequent sessions. Thanks to Graham Burchell for the link.

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Adam Kotsko to translate Agamben’s ‘Pilate and Jesus’ and ‘The Use of Bodies’

Adam Kotsko has news of two forthcoming Agamben translations at AUFS. The first is a pamphlet-length book entitled Pilate and Jesus, which I have promised to complete this summer. The second, and presumably more interesting to most, is the final volume … Continue reading

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Heidegger’s Schwarze Hefte (Black Notebooks) publishing details

I’ve done a bit of hunting around for details of the publication of the Schwarze Hefte (Black Notebooks). They are due out in March 2014, and comprise Volumes 94-96 of the Gesamtausgabe. Their overall title is Überlegungen – considerations or observations. Volume … Continue reading

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More on Heidegger’s ‘Black Notebooks’ and anti-semitism

Another piece in Die Zeit, and an English discussion in Prospect by Jonathan Derbyshire. Thanks to Enowning and Peter Gratton for the links. This one is going to run and run…

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“Medieval rules for sex in an easy to use flowchart”

“Medieval rules for sex in an easy to use flowchart created by James A Brundage as posted in the @TheAtlantic“, via @MedievalArchive. Having spent the day working on Foucault’s History of Sexuality, this is certainly appropriate.

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The Structure of Hegel’s Logic – in visual form

An interactive visualisation of the structure of Hegel’s Logic. Thanks to Sebastian Budgen for the link.

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