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Philology and Microhistory: A Conversation with Carlo Ginzburg by Islam Dayeh (open access)

Philology and Microhistory: A Conversation with Carlo Ginzburg by Islam Dayeh  In this Philological Conversation, Carlo Ginzburg reflects on the place of philology in his work and explores the connections between philology, microhistory, and casuistry. We talk about the people who … Continue reading

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Robert J. Mayhew (ed.), Debating Malthus: A Documentary Reader on Population, Resources and the Environment – University of Washington Press, May 2022

Robert J. Mayhew (ed.), Debating Malthus: A Documentary Reader on Population, Resources and the Environment – University of Washington Press, May 2022 For centuries, thinking about the earth’s increasing human population has been tied to environmental ideas and political action. … Continue reading

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Patrick Gamsby, Henri Lefebvre, Boredom, and Everyday Life – Lexington Books, September 2022

Patrick Gamsby, Henri Lefebvre, Boredom, and Everyday Life – Lexington Books, September 2022 Just an expensive hardback listed at the moment, unfortunately. Henri Lefebvre, Boredom, and Everyday Life culls together the scattered fragments of Henri Lefebvre’s (1901–1991) unrealized sociology of boredom. In … Continue reading

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Macherey, Pierre. “Did Foucault Find a ‘Way Out’ of Hegel?” (2022)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Macherey, Pierre. “Did Foucault Find a ‘Way Out’ of Hegel?” Theory, Culture & Society, (June 2022). https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764221084903. Abstract A ‘way out’ expresses a movement which looks completely different depending on whether one views it prospectively…

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Book presentation of “Disalienation” by Camille Robcis (13/06/2022)

Originally posted on h-madness:
Book presentation of “Disalienation. Politics, Philosophy, and Radical Psychiatry in Postwar France” by Camille Robcis. This event takes place on 13/06/2022 at the Centre d’histoire de Sciences Po in Paris (1 Place Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin, 75007 Paris). You…

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Teologia politica 2022? Political Theology 2022? – University of Rome La Sapienza, 22-24 June 

Teologia politica 2022? Political Theology 2022? – University of Rome La Sapienza, 22-24 June  Organised by Arthur Bradley and Elettra Stimilli, with speakers including Carlo Galli, Maurizio Lazzarato, Paolo Napoli and Mario Tronti. It will also be live-streamed.  The pdf of the programme … Continue reading

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Challenging reference problems with Dumézil’s Mitra-Varuna – any help gratefully received [updated]

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
I am looking for help with some of the more challenging references in my editorial work with Georges Dumézil’s Mitra-Varuna. I have checked hundreds of references, correcting some and completing many, but these are the…

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Challenging reference problems with Dumézil’s Mitra-Varuna – any help gratefully received [updated]

[Update: some progress on all of these is reported at the end of this post.] I am looking for help with some of the more challenging references in my editorial work with Georges Dumézil’s Mitra-Varuna. I have checked hundreds of … Continue reading

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Georges Canguilhem Beyond Epistemology, online event, 16 May 2022 [postponed]

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Georges Canguilhem Beyond Epistemology, online event, 16 May 2022 new date to be arranged Georges Canguilhem was one of the most influential historians and philosophers of science of 20th-century France. Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Alain…

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E-International Relations Interview – David Campbell

E-International Relations Interview – David Campbell

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