Category Archives: Uncategorized

Milton Santos, For a New Geography, translated by Archie Davis – University of Minnesota Press, November 2021 [Update there is a New Books Network discussion with the translator here] Originally published in 1978 in Portuguese, For a New Geography is a milestone … Continue reading →

Andrew Gamble, After Brexit and Other Essays & The Western Ideology and Other Essays – Bristol University Press, 2021 After Brexit and Other Essays brings together Gamble’s most influential writings on British politics and political economy from the last 40 years, … Continue reading →

Sémir Badir, Magritte et les philosophes – Les Impressions Nouvelles, May 2021 ” L’œuvre de René Magritte est extrêmement populaire, c’est sûr. Pourtant, parmi les spécialistes de l’histoire de la peinture, beaucoup affichent à son égard un certain dédain. Mauvaise … Continue reading →

Alex Danchev, Magritte: A Life – Pantheon, November 2021 This is really welcome news – Danchev’s biographies of Georges Braque and Paul Cézanne were very interesting. This book was left incomplete at the time of his death, but has been … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Foucault News:
The Foucault Circle NL/BE invites you to join Professor Marcelo Hoffman for a talk on his latest book Date: April 26 2021 Time: 16:00 – 18:00 Central European Time Location: Online (Zoom link shared upon…

Stéphane Castonguay, The Government of Natural Resources: Science, Territory, and State Power in Quebec, 1867–1939 – UBC Press, April 2021 (paperback due January 2022) The Government of Natural Resources explores the development of scientific and technical activity in Quebec from Confederation … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Foucault’s Confessions, May 4-June 3 2021 Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m., free and open to the public. For more information and to register, visit foucaultsconfessions.org. (See also this news item on the Rice University…

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Daniel Bensaïd, The Dispossessed: Karl Marx’s Debates on Wood Theft and the Right of the Poor – University of Minnesota Press, translated by Robert Nichols, March 2021 The politics of dispossession are everywhere. Troubling developments…

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Foucault Studies, Number 29, 9 April 2021 Special Issue: Foucault’s History of Sexuality Vol. 4, Confessions of the Flesh Editorial Sverre Raffnsøe, Alain Beaulieu, Barbara Cruikshank, Bregham Dalgliesh, Knut Ove Eliassen, Varena Erlenbusch, Alex Feldman,…