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Viewpoint Magazine forum on The Crisis of Marxism – Althusser, Balibar, Poulantzas, Buci-Glucksmann, etc.

The Crisis of Marxism – Asad Haider and Patrick King in Viewpoint Magazine Crisis Theory | Asad Haider In 1977 Louis Althusser gave a famous speech in Venice on “the crisis of Marxism,” a thesis almost as scandalous as that of an epistemological … Continue reading

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On turning down poorly-paid, limited value, academic work

I’ve just turned down another invitation to write an encyclopaedia entry. I agonised about it, and ended up posting about it on my personal Facebook page. The issue was in part the payment – £40 for 2000-2500 words. I’d be … Continue reading

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Reflections on academic publishing in Fennia: International Journal of Geography

The new issue of Fennia: International Journal of Geography has a number of reflections on academic publishing. Contributors include Krisi Pauliina Kallio and James Riding, Simon Batterbury, John C. Finn, Simon Springer, and Sara Fregonese. All pieces are available open access.

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Veronika Cheplygina – 5 strategies for saying “no” more often

Veronika Cheplygina – 5 strategies for saying “no” more often I’ve written about this issue before, but there is some very good advice here. Here are the headlines, but do read the whole thing. 1. Does it help or hurt … Continue reading

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Books received – Titus Andronicus, Sheridan, Lorenzini & Sforzini and Weizman

The revised edition of the Arden Third Series, Titus Andronicus, edited by Jonathan Bate; a second-hand copy of Alan Sheridan’s Michel Foucault: The Will to Truth; Lorenzini and Sforzini’s collection Un demi-siècle d’ « Histoire de la folie »; and … Continue reading

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Hot off the press: Architectural and Urban Reflections after Deleuze and Guattari

Originally posted on My Desiring-Machines:
This book collects chapters on urbanism and architecture that first appeared as papers at the refrains of freedom conference in Athens (2015). From the publisher’s website: “The post humanist movement which currently traverses various disciplines…

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The Early Foucault Update 15: Working on Maladie mentale et personnalité and some archival and library work in Paris

Earlier this month I finished working through Maladie mentale et personnalité, which I discussed beginning in the last update, and have drafted a substantial section analyzing the book. I imagine I can only use a fraction of the quotes I … Continue reading

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The Last Interview of Nicos Poulantzas

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Here at Legal Form with a helpful introduction. Poulantzas died just nine days before its original publication on 12 Oct., 1979, in the Italian communist journal, Rinascita.

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The Birth of Austerity: German Ordoliberalism and Contemporary Neoliberalism (2017)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
The Birth of Austerity. German Ordoliberalism and Contemporary Neoliberalism Edited by Thomas Biebricher and Frieder Vogelmann, Rowman & Littlefield. Publication Date: Sep 2017 Description Ordoliberalism and the ‘Freiburg School’ have gained traction in contemporary political…

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6/13 Revolt: Foucault in Iran (2017)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
6/13 | REVOLT: FOUCAULT IN IRAN Daniel Defert (éditeur de Michel Foucault) Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi (University of Illinois at Urbana) Judith Revel (Université Paris Nanterre) Moderated by John Rajchman, Daniele Lorenzini, and Bernard E. Harcourt December…

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