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Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon, Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age – University of Chicago Press, August 2021 The humanities, considered by many as irrelevant for modern careers and hopelessly devoid of funding, seem to be in a … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Walter Benjamin, Toward the Critique of Violence: A Critical Edition, edited by Peter Fenves and Julia Ng – Stanford University Press, June 2021 Marking the centenary of Walter Benjamin’s immensely influential essay, “Toward the Critique…

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Mark Olsson, Constructing Foucault’s Ethics: A Poststructuralist Moral Theory for the Twenty-First Century – Manchester University Press, June 2021 updated 28 May 2021 with new description and table of contents In popularizing the term ‘speaking…

William Walters, State Secrecy and Security: Refiguring the Covert Imaginary – Routledge, May 2021 In State Secrecy and Security: Refiguring the Covert Imaginary, William Walters calls for secrecy to be given a more central place in critical security studies and elevated … Continue reading →

What the Foucault? BBC Radio 4 discussion with Shahidha Bari Last December Liz Truss made a speech. The Minister for Women and Equalities spoke about her memories of being at school in Leeds. She was taught about sexism and racism, … Continue reading →

Handbook on Space, Place and Law, edited by Robyn Bartel and Jennifer Carter – Edward Elgar, 2021 This innovative Handbook provides an expansive interrogation of the spaces and places of law, exploring how we engage relationally in a material world, … Continue reading →

Benjamin Bratton, The Revenge of the Real: Post-Pandemic Politics – Verso, June 2021 COVID-19 exposed the pre-existing conditions of the current global crisis. Many Western states failed to protect their populations, while others were able to suppress the virus only with sweeping … Continue reading →

Toposophia: thinking place/making space – relaunch of book series with Lexington books, edited by Jessica Dubow (Sheffield) and Jeff Malpas (Tasmania). Originally established by Robert Mugerauer and Brian Treanor, Toposophia is being continued in a new form under the editorial direction of … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Foucault – Duby – Dumézil – Changeux – Thom : Cinq grands entretiens au Champ Freudien, Navarin – Février 2021 Introduction par Christiane Alberti, Deborah Gutermann-Jacquet, France Jaigu Lacan a toujours insisté pour que les…