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CFP: Territories and Identities, A Critical Perspective on Belonging – Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, Italy 9-10 November 2023

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Danielle Allen, Justice by Means of Democracy, University of Chicago Press, April 2023

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

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Extract from Foucault, Le discours philosophique (2023)

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…

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John Clarke, The Battle for Britain: Crises, Conflicts and the Conjuncture – Bristol University Press, May 2023

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

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Salar Mameni, Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics – Duke University Press, September 2023

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

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Macs Smith, Paris and the Parasite: Noise, Health, and Politics in the Media City – MIT Press, 2021; and discussion at New Books Network

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

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Chris Kraus and Hedi El Kholti discuss the work of the publisher Semiotext(e) at the New Books Network

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

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Migration and the Politics of the Deep Past – online/London, 19-20 May 23

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

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Marie-Louise Sjoestedt (1900-1940) – an important scholar of Celtic languages and mythology

Update January 2025: A revised and expanded version of this post is here. One of the problems with my current project on Indo-European thought in France is how male-dominated it is. If you look at a photograph of the Collège … Continue reading

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Urban Nature podcast episode 4: Stuart Elden and Gabriel Kozlowski

Urban Nature episode 4: Stuart Elden and Gabriel Kozlowski I was pleased to be Gabriel’s guest on the Urban Nature podcast for a discussion of several different aspects of my work – on territory, terrain, Lefebvre, Foucault, Shakespeare and even … Continue reading

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