Category Archives: People

A day of editing

I’ve spent most of the day being an editor. This is not just for Society and Space, although I did spend a chunk of time on that today, but also for other projects. The Reading Kant’s Geography book is going … Continue reading

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Graham Harman on Open Access Publishing

Some interesting thoughts here, based on his experience with The Speculative Turn, and Prince of Networks. Much of this is undoubtedly right, and I think there is a lot of potential for these kinds of publishing outlets. 4-5,000 downloads of … Continue reading

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Triptych, not a Trilogy

On one the interesting things in the Wu Ming interview comes in the third section of the audio, where they describe their Manituana book as the first in a triptych, not a trilogy. The second is on the French Revolution. … Continue reading

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Wu Ming recording of British Library talk

Two of the Wu Ming collective spoke at the British Library in October. The audio recordings can be found here. Some very interesting reflections, especially on collaborative writing.

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Holiday reading

I don’t read novels nearly as much as I should, partly due to a lack of time, and also because  spending my time reading so much for work doesn’t exactly make reading a very relaxing break from it. But holidays … Continue reading

Posted in China Mieville, David Harvey, Wu Ming | 3 Comments

Four out of six

I should have noted in the earlier message that these were not just any six references, but included three or four of the most problematic in the book, which I’d not left to last through choice or neglect, but because … Continue reading

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Translations

Graham replies to my post on intellectual generosity here, and his slight disagreement with me is well taken. I suppose translation of the sort Graham has done, or I’ve done with Lefebvre (or to a much lesser extent with Foucault) is … Continue reading

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Communist Manifesto illustrated

Red Quill books have produced an illustrated version of The Communist Manifesto. Chapter 1 initially but more to follow. Details here and there is a promo video too.

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Revista Urban calls for papers

The Spanish journal Revista Urban has calls for papers for two new themes here. One of them in particular is interesting Specters of Lefebvre Henri Lefebvre continues to cast a long shadow. Under the sign of a ‘spatial turn’, the … Continue reading

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Foucault and Agamben

Foucault Studies 10, a theme issue on Foucault and Agamben is now available, open access, here.

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