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Abram Foley, The Editor Function: Literary Publishing in Postwar America – University of Minnesota Press, August 2021 Michel Foucault famously theorized “the author function” in his 1969 essay “What Is an Author?” proposing that the existence of the author limits … Continue reading →

Meredith Farmer and Jonathan D. S. Schroeder (eds.), Ahab Unbound: Melville and the Materialist Turn – University of Minnesota Press, December 2021 Herman Melville’s Captain Ahab is perennially seen as the paradigm of a controlling, tyrannical agent. Ahab Unbound leaves his position … Continue reading →

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…