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Louis Althusser, Écrits sur l’histoire – now out with PUF

Louis Althusser, Écrits sur l’histoire (1963-1985) – now out with PUF Quatrième volume de l’entreprise de publication systématique des livres et textes inédits de Louis Althusser, établie par G. M. Goshgarian sur la base des manuscrits du fonds Althusser recueilli à … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of Light: Seeing and Being on the Battlefield

Originally posted on pip thornton art & research:
I haven’t always written about algorithms and digital capitalism, but I have previously used poetry as a lens through which to expose the politics and asymmetries of technology and space. The Meaning…

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Interactive visualization of Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas (1656)

Interactive visualization of Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas (1656) The painting is in the Prado in Madrid – I was there just last week. The Prado website has some more information. Thanks to Melissa Pawelski for the link.  

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Chris Barrett, Early Modern English Literature and the Poetics of Cartographic Anxiety – OUP

Chris Barrett, Early Modern English Literature and the Poetics of Cartographic Anxiety – now published by Oxford University Press in their Early Modern Literary Geographies series. The Cartographic Revolution in the Renaissance made maps newly precise, newly affordable, and newly … Continue reading →

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David Bissell, Transit Life: How Commuting Is Transforming Our Cities – now out with MIT Press

David Bissell, Transit Life: How Commuting Is Transforming Our Cities – now out with MIT Press We spend much of our lives in transit to and from work. Although we might dismiss our daily commute as a wearying slog, we … Continue reading →

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David Allison Memorial at Stony Brook University

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

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

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

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

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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