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Foucault, Les aveux de la chair – Gallimard page and a few more details

Michel Foucault, Les aveux de la chair, the fourth volume of his History of Sexuality, is scheduled for publication in February 2018. The Gallimard page now has a few more details, including its length at 448 pages (volumes II and III, in the … Continue reading

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A Marxist critique of higher education – David Harvey interview

A Marxist critique of higher education – David Harvey interview at FreshEd To celebrate the 100th episode of FreshEd, I’ve saved an interview with a very special guest. Back in October, I had the privilege of sitting down with Professor … Continue reading

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In the Shadow of Dictatorship: Foucault in Brazil – Marcelo Hoffman video abstract

In this short video, Marcelo Hoffman discusses his review essay of Heliana de Barros Conde Rodrigues’s book Ensaios sobre Michel Foucault no Brasil: Presença, efeitos, ressonâncias (Michel Foucault in Brazil: Presence, Effects, Resonances). His full review is available online and in … Continue reading

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Mark Kelly, For Foucault: Against Normative Political Theory

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
I shared Mark Kelly’s review of Althusser et al’s Reading Capital: The Complete Edition at the Progress in Political Economy site yesterday. Mark’s next book,  For Foucault: Against Normative Political Theory is forthcoming in early 2018 from SUNY…

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Back to writing in 2018 – Foucault, Canguilhem and Lefebvre

As the blog posts of the last couple of days indicate, I’m back at my desk working. The first writing submitted this year was a 2000 word piece entitled ‘Foucault, Biography, and Posthumous Publications’, destined for the American Book Review. … Continue reading

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Derek Gregory roundup of forthcoming books on War Stories

Derek Gregory has a very useful roundup of new and forthcoming books on War Stories, including works by Gary Fields, Caren Kaplan, Anna Feigenbaum, Maja Zehfuss and others.

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‘Buy a cat, stay up late, don’t drink: top 10 writers’ tips on writing’ in The Guardian

‘Buy a cat, stay up late, don’t drink: top 10 writers’ tips on writing‘ in The Guardian from Travis Elborough. Mainly about novels, but much applies to any kind of writing. It comes from their book Being a Writer, published … Continue reading

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Why has submitting a manuscript to a journal become so difficult? A call to simplify an overly complicated process

Why has submitting a manuscript to a journal become so difficult? A call to simplify an overly complicated process – interesting piece at the LSE Impact blog. It is widely acknowledged that submitting a paper to a journal is a … Continue reading

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15(!) Interdisciplinary Arctic PhD Opportunities at DurhamARCTIC

Exciting news from Phil Steinberg at Durham: 15(!) Interdisciplinary Arctic PhD Opportunities at DurhamARCTIC I am happy to announce Durham University’s success with a £1.05 million, five-year bid to the Leverhulme Trust to fund 15 PhD students in Interdisciplinary Understanding … Continue reading

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2017 in review: round-up of LSE Impact blog top posts on academic writing

2017 in review: round-up of LSE Impact blog top posts on academic writing I linked to some of these, but this is a useful summary. Lots more links and discussion on writing and publishing here.

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