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Michel Foucault’s acid trip in Death Valley: Interview with Simeon Wade with great archival photos (updated)

Posted on November 14, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
? Boom California has just published an interview with Simeon Wade, conducted by Heather Dundas. If you’ve read the Foucault biographies, you’ll probably know about the acid trip in Death Valley story. James Miller makes…

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The Struggle to Defend One of the Largest Universities of Brazil

Posted on November 13, 2017 by stuartelden

‘The Struggle to Defend One of the Largest Universities of Brazil’ by Esther Arantes, Heliana Conde, and Estela Scheinvar – full statement here. Thanks to Marcelo Hoffman for sending me this.  

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Books received – Ryzinski, Jünger, Geroulanous, Lacan, Barraqué

Posted on November 13, 2017 by stuartelden

Remigiusz Ryzinski’s Foucault w Warszawie, Ernst Jünger, The Worker, Stefanos Geroulanous, Transparency in Postwar France: A Critical History of the Present, two volumes of Lacan’s seminar, and Jean Barraqué’s Écrits. Stefanos kindly sent a copy of his book, and the … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden’s Foucault books reviewed and discussed (PAIS News)

Posted on November 13, 2017 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden’s Foucault books reviewed and discussed Stuart Elden’s two books Foucault’s Last Decade (Polity 2016) and Foucault: The Birth of Power (Polity 2017) have recently been reviewed and discussed in a number of places. A review of both books can be found in The … Continue reading →

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10 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in October (and Sept.)

Posted on November 13, 2017 by stuartelden

10 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in October (and Sept.) at Critical-Theory – Heidegger’s Black Notebooks, Lacan, Bourdieu, Derrida and more.

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Interview with François Ewald at LARB

Posted on November 10, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Here. A good overview of his own intellectual itinerary (the usual story of the ’68er who shifts right) and his relationship to Foucault.

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The Right to the City: A Verso Report – free ebook

Posted on November 8, 2017 by stuartelden

The Right to the City: A Verso Report – free ebook Special eBook collection on the most urgent question of our times: who is the city for? In 1968, the French Marxist philosopher Henri Lefebvre wrote “Le Droite a la Ville” … Continue reading →

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ScholarlyHub.org – a project which is long overdue

Posted on November 7, 2017 by stuartelden

This looks a very interesting new initiative – ScholarlyHub.org Given the problems of academia.edu and Researchgate (see my post here and the comments to it, for example), this seems a project which is long overdue. At ScholarlyHub we believe that a critical … Continue reading →

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Arun Saldanha, Space after Deleuze – now out with Bloomsbury

Posted on November 7, 2017 by stuartelden

Arun Saldanha, Space after Deleuze – now out with Bloomsbury, but unfortunately only in a grotesquely priced hardback. Deleuze’s fondness for geography has long been recognised as central to his thought. This is the first book to introduce researchers to the … Continue reading →

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CFP: Violence, Space, and the Political, 7-9 June 2018 National University of Ireland, Galway

Posted on November 7, 2017 by stuartelden

Violence, Space, and the Political 7-9 June 2018 National University of Ireland, Galway. Call for Papers [deadline 9th February 2018] Send approx. 250 word abstract to violenceandspace@gmail.com In this, multi-disciplinary, conference we wish to think through the imbrications of violence, space, and the political. … Continue reading →

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