Category Archives: Politics

More pieces on the ‘Foucault and Neoliberalism’ debate

Posted on December 31, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Frase, ‘Beyond the Welfare State‘ Daniel Zamora, ‘Foucault’s Responsibility‘ (response to the above) Thanks to Foucault News for these links. You can read my initial thoughts, with links to the original piece to Zamora, here. An und für sich … Continue reading →

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Saskia Sassen on Disposable Life (video)

Posted on December 31, 2014 by stuartelden

Saskia Sassen discusses ‘disposable life’ for the Histories of Violence project. This covers similar themes to her Expulsions book. Thanks to Oli Mould for the link. Disposable Life – Saskia Sassen from HISTORIES OF VIOLENCE on Vimeo.

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David Harvey, The Crisis of Planetary Urbanization (open access essay)

Posted on December 30, 2014 by stuartelden

David Harvey’s essay for the exhibition catalog of Uneven Growth Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities is published here on post to mark the opening of the exhibition. (via Reading Capital with David Harvey)  

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David Harvey, “I’m skeptical about the idea of reforming neoliberalism” – translation of Spanish interview

Posted on December 30, 2014 by stuartelden

A Spanish interview with David Harvey has been translated at My Desiring Machines. I’m not sure if it was conducted in Spanish or this is a re-translation. Anyway, it’s nice to have it available. It was posted in parts, but … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler, ‘Human Shield’ – lecture at LSE 4 February 2015

Posted on December 29, 2014 by stuartelden

Judith Butler, ‘Human Shield’ – lecture at LSE on 4 February 2015 (details) Recent debates about human shields in the summer bombardment of Gaza raised the question of how the unarmed human form comes to be regarded as a military instrument. … Continue reading →

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The Lancet on IMF reforms and the West African Ebola crisis

Posted on December 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Writing today in the journal Lancet Global Health, researchers from Cambridge University’s Department of Sociology examine the links between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. According to the authors, joined by colleagues from Oxford … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Iran (and Ernst Bloch) – an August 1979 interview newly available in French

Posted on December 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to a reader who wishes to remain anonymous for sending me these details of an interview with Foucault about Iran conducted in August 1979, which was first published in French in 2013. I’ve stumbled upon an interview with Foucault from this era … Continue reading →

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Étienne Balibar discusses Foucault’s La société punitive, with a response from Judith Butler

Posted on December 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Étienne Balibar discusses Foucault’s La société punitive and his relation to Marx, with a response from Judith Butler. Audio files available here, via Multipliciudades. For his lecture “Foucault and Marx: A Disjunctive Synthesis?”, Étienne Balibar discusses connections and disjunctions between Michel Foucault … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Neoliberalism – the debate continues (on Progressive Geographies)

Posted on December 22, 2014 by stuartelden

There are some interesting comments on last week’s thoughts on the Foucault and Neoliberalism debate – here. In particular the points made by Stephen Shapiro and Michael Behrent are worth reading – both are situating the discussion within a wider … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Neoliberalism – a few thoughts in response to the Zamora piece in Jacobin

Posted on December 17, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve been away, but several people have been sending me links to a recent string of articles on Foucault’s supposed sympathies to neoliberalism. The start of the debate – in English at least – was the translation of an interview … Continue reading →

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