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David Allison Memorial at Stony Brook University

Posted on March 21, 2018 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
This week there is a memorial for the work and life of David Allison at SBU. I had David as an undergraduate and he was something of a legend with students…

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CFP/Appel: L’œuvre de jeunesse de Michel Foucault : psychopathologie, phénoménologie et anthropologie

Posted on March 21, 2018 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
L’œuvre de jeunesse de Michel Foucault : psychopathologie, phénoménologie et anthropologie Appel à participation à un atelier doctoral sur l’œuvre de Michel Foucault Université de Lübeck, 12-14.07.2018 PDF of call for Papers. French and German…

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Gastón Gordillo, Terrain as insurgent weapon: An affective geometry of warfare in the mountains of Afghanistan

Posted on March 20, 2018 by stuartelden

Gastón Gordillo, “Terrain as insurgent weapon: An affective geometry of warfare in the mountains of Afghanistan“, Political Geography (requires subscription – first page available to preview or click on the image). No abstract, so I’ve taken this summary from Derek Gregory’s Geographical … Continue reading →

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Sami Moisio, Geopolitics of the Knowledge-Based Economy – now out with Routledge

Posted on March 20, 2018 by stuartelden

Sami Moisio, Geopolitics of the Knowledge-Based Economy – now out with Routledge. Only a very expensive hardback or e-book at this stage, unfortunately. If you buy via Routledge, code FLR40 will give a 20% discount (Flyer – Geopolitics of the … Continue reading →

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Territory Beyond Terra – reflections on the Rowman International blog

Posted on March 20, 2018 by stuartelden

Territory Beyond Terra was published earlier this month. Edited by Kimberley Peters, Philip Steinberg and Elaine Stratford, the book has a series of essays which look at elements, environments and edges to challenge and extend our understanding of territory. There are … Continue reading →

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Review essay of Foucault, Les Aveux de la chair in Theory, Culture and Society (open access)

Posted on March 20, 2018 by stuartelden

My review essay of the fourth volume of Foucault’s History of Sexuality, Les aveux de la chair is now available in Theory, Culture and Society. The essay will appear in the annual review of the journal later this year, but this version is … Continue reading →

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Bernard E. Harcourt, “The Barbarism of Alabama’s Botched Execution”

Posted on March 17, 2018 by stuartelden

Bernard E. Harcourt, “The Barbarism of Alabama’s Botched Execution” in The New York Review of Books. A powerful and disturbing piece about the attempted execution of Doyle Lee Hamm earlier this month.

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Hayden White (1928-2018)

Posted on March 17, 2018 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Essay on the death of Hayden White Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed, March 9, 2018. The author of Metahistory, one of the most influential books in the humanities over the past four decades, died Monday.…

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LSE Impact Blog – “Six academic writing habits that will boost productivity” (plus other links)

Posted on March 11, 2018 by stuartelden

LSE Impact Blog – “Six academic writing habits that will boost productivity” I’m not sure by the notion of ‘productivity’, but there is some good advice here. Here are the headlines: They “time-block” their writing in advance They set themselves … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power reviewed by Audrey Borowski in Politics, Religion & Ideology

Posted on March 11, 2018 by stuartelden

My 2017 book Foucault: The Birth of Power is generously reviewed by Audrey Borowski in Politics, Religion & Ideology (requires subscription). Links to other reviews and discussions of this book, and its companion Foucault’s Last Decade are archived here.  

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