Category Archives: Publishing

Politics of Place issue 1 published

Posted on July 26, 2013 by stuartelden

Open access here – looks very nicely designed.

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Two decisions in the translation of Lectures on the Will to Know

Posted on July 26, 2013 by stuartelden

Graham Burchell has provided another excellent translation of a Foucault lecture course – Lectures on the Will to Know. I worked on that course extensively in the French and have over the past few days spent a lot of time … Continue reading →

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In defence of edited collections

Posted on July 23, 2013 by stuartelden

At the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog, three people offer defences of edited collections.

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Foucault’s Last Decade

Posted on July 15, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve just signed a contract with Polity for a book entitled Foucault’s Last Decade. I had a really good experience with Polity for the Sloterdijk Now edited volume, and am very pleased to be working with them and the philosophy editor Emma … Continue reading →

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Debating Open Access

Posted on July 1, 2013 by stuartelden

A series of essays collated by the British Academy on open access publishing.

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Learn to Write Badly

Posted on June 27, 2013 by stuartelden

Michael Billig offers some cautionary advice – Learn to Write Badly: How to Succeed in the Social Sciences. Modern academia is increasingly competitive yet the writing style of social scientists is routinely poor and continues to deteriorate. Are social science … Continue reading →

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Rejected philosophers

Posted on June 27, 2013 by stuartelden

Some of these mock-rejections are good – thanks to Clare O’Farrell for the link.

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Ian Bogost on University Presses

Posted on June 27, 2013 by stuartelden

Some interesting reflections on academic publishing here.

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Journal practices

Posted on June 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Some generally good advice for graduate students in philosophy (but useful to many more people) on journal practices. The discussion is quite interesting too, though it gets a bit sidetracked by specifically Philosophy questions of ranking etc.

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Object Lessons

Posted on June 7, 2013 by stuartelden

New book and essay series – full details here. Object Lessons is an essay and book series published by The Atlantic and Bloomsbury about the hidden lives of ordinary things, from sardines to silence, juniper berries to jumper cables. Each … Continue reading →

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