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Italo Calvino, The Written World and the Unwritten World: Collected Non-Fiction, translated by Ann Goldstein – Penguin, January 2023

Posted on January 8, 2023 by stuartelden

Italo Calvino, The Written World and the Unwritten World: Collected Non-Fiction, translated by Ann Goldstein – Penguin, January 2023

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Michel Foucault Werner Schroeter, la conversation (film) (1981)

Posted on January 8, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Poster for sale – click picture MICHEL FOUCAULT WERNER SCHROETER, LA CONVERSATION (CARNET FILMÉ : 3 décembre 1981) Année : 1981. Durée : 1 H 30′ Voir aussi BNF Catalogue Général An English translation of…

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Jacques Lacan, Premiers écrits, Seuil, January 2023 [updated]

Posted on January 5, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Jacques Lacan, Premiers écrits, Seuil, January 2023 Avant que d’être psychanalyste, Lacan a été psychiatre. On n’aurait pas republié ses premiers écrits s’ils n’invitaient à une lecture après coup. Que nous apprennent-ils de la formation…

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Mark Atherton, Kazutomo Karasawa, Francis Leneghan (eds), Ideas of the World in Early Medieval English Literature – Brepols, 2002

Posted on January 2, 2023 by stuartelden

Mark Atherton, Kazutomo Karasawa, Francis Leneghan (eds), Ideas of the World in Early Medieval English Literature – Brepols, 2002 Looks interesting, but that price! Across three thematically-linked sections, this volume charts the development of competing geographical, national, and imperial identities … Continue reading →

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Twenty one 1000 word encounters with Lauren Berlant’s work at The Geographical Journal

Posted on January 2, 2023 by stuartelden

Twenty one 1000 word encounters with Lauren Berlant’s incredible work Encountering Berlant Part 1: Concepts otherwise Encountering Berlant Part 2: Cruel and other optimisms Open access – thanks to Ben Anderson for the link

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Books received – Roland Barthes

Posted on January 1, 2023 by stuartelden

Some lecture courses by Roland Barthes, and Michael Moriarty’s study of him, all bought second-hand.

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My favourite music of 2022

Posted on December 31, 2022 by stuartelden

And live, I particularly enjoyed Big Big Train, Frost*, Marillion, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, The Neal Morse Band, Porcupine Tree, Transatlantic, Van der Graaf Generator and the streaming of Nik Bärtsch’s Montags series at yourstage.live [I should have shared … Continue reading →

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Foucault Studies. New Issue (December 2022)

Posted on December 30, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Foucault Studies. Number 33, December 2022 Editorial Sverre Raffnsøe et al Articles The Use and Misuse of Pleasure: Hadot contra Foucault on the Stoic Dichotomy Gaudium-Voluptas in Seneca Matteo Johannes Stettler The Subject of Desire…

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Brett Christophers, Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World – Verso, April 2023

Posted on December 29, 2022 by stuartelden

Brett Christophers, Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World – Verso, April 2023 All hail the new masters of Capitalism: How asset managers acquired the world Banks have taken a backseat since the global financial crisis over a … Continue reading →

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Thomas S. Kuhn, The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science, edited by Bojana Mladenovic – University of Chicago Press, November 2022

Posted on December 22, 2022 by stuartelden

The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science, edited by Bojana Mladenovic – University of Chicago Press, November 2022 A must-read follow-up to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, one of the most important books of the twentieth century.  This … Continue reading →

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