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Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis reissue

I mentioned the forthcoming Korean translation of Henri Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis a couple of days ago. I’ve just heard that the English translation is being reissued this autumn by Bloomsbury (who bought Continuum) with a cheaper price in their Revelations series. … Continue reading

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Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis to be translated into Korean

Lefebvre’s little book Elements of Rhythmanalysis, which Gerald Moore and I translated into English, is coming out in Korean translation with Galmuri Press. They’ve just asked me to give permission for my introduction to be translated alongside Lefebvre’s text. This … Continue reading

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Talking about Nigeria in Turkey

Today I gave a talk entitled “Nigeria’s War on Terror: The Geopolitics of Boko Haram”, to the Political Science & International Relations Academic Fellowship Program Discipline Group meeting. This is a programme run by the Open Society Institute, and this … Continue reading

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Istanbul and Los Angeles

Just about to hit the road again, to conferences in Istanbul and Los Angeles. I’ll be speaking about Boko Haram in Istanbul, at a meeting of the Open Society Institute’s academic fellowship program. This gives me a chance to meet … Continue reading

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Warren Montag, Althusser and his Contemporaries – introduction

As I’ve mentioned here previously, Warren Montag’s Althusser and his Contemporaries is coming soon from Duke University Press. The introduction is available here.  

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Interview with Frederic Jameson in the Duke Chronicle

Interview with Frederic Jameson in The Duke Chronicle – topics include philosophy and literature, interdisciplinary work, postmodernism and politics.

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International Political Sociology virtual theme issue on Territorialities, Spaces, Geographies

International Political Sociology has just put together an open access virtual theme issue on Territorialities, Spaces, Geographies – including papers by Nisha Shah, John Agnew, Neil Brenner and me, and Nick Vaughan-Williams: This special issue presents a selection of work at … Continue reading

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Verso Radical Thinkers – series 8 and call for suggestions

From Sebastian Budgen at Verso – comments below are fine and I’ll pass them on: Series 8 of Radical Thinkers will consist in the following: Spectre of Hegel: Early Writings –  Louis Althusser Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical … Continue reading

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Nina Power interviewed at Figure/Ground Communication

Nina Power is interviewed at Figure/Ground Communication – mainly on universities today.

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Foucault books received

Two new books – the Blackwell A Companion to Foucault, and the new collection La grande étrangère. I’ll be reviewing the Companion for Cultural Geographies. It looks really good including a translation of Daniel Defert’s ‘Chronology’ from Dits et écrits … Continue reading

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