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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Kostas Axelos, The Game of the World, trans. Justin Clemens and Hellmut Munz – Edinburgh University Press, April 2023 [Update May 2023: the book is now published] It’s great to see this excellent translation of…

Danielle Allen, Justice by Means of Democracy, University of Chicago Press, April 2023 At a time of great social and political turmoil, when many residents of the leading democracies question the ability of their governments to deal fairly and competently … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Michel Foucault : qu’est-ce que la philosophie?, Actualité: l’univers du livre, 18/04/2023 The first 26 pages of the uncorrected proofs to the book are attached to this article. Le Discours philosophique propose ainsi une nouvelle…

John Clarke, The Battle for Britain: Crises, Conflicts and the Conjuncture – Bristol University Press, May 2023 This book addresses the social, political and economic turbulence in which the UK is embroiled. Drawing on Cultural Studies, it explores proliferating crises … Continue reading →

Salar Mameni, Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics – Duke University Press, September 2023 In Terracene Salar Mameni historicizes the popularization of the scientific notion of the Anthropocene alongside the emergence of the global war on terror. Mameni theorizes the Terracene as an epoch marked by … Continue reading →

Macs Smith, Paris and the Parasite: Noise, Health, and Politics in the Media City – MIT Press, 2021 The social consequences of anti-parasitic urbanism, as efforts to expunge noise and biological parasites penalize those viewed as social parasites. According to … Continue reading →

Chris Kraus and Hedi El Kholti discuss the work of the publisher Semiotext(e) at the New Books Network Best known for its introduction of French theory to American readers, Semiotext(e) has been one of America’s most influential independent presses since its inception … Continue reading →

Imagining Lost Origins: Migration and the Politics of the Deep Past Online & River Room, King’s College London, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS, May 19–20, 2023 Culture has always been on the move, but the notion that culture is itself … Continue reading →