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John Lechte’s overview of Kristeva’s work

Posted on February 3, 2018 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
At the TLS.

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Launch event for Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair – Paris, 17 February 2017

Posted on February 3, 2018 by stuartelden

Launch event for Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair – Paris, 17 February 2017 (via Vrin)

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Frantz Fanon, Alienation and Freedom – translated collection of previously unpublished writings forthcoming from Bloomsbury

Posted on February 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Frantz Fanon, Alienation and Freedom – forthcoming from Bloomsbury Since the publication of The Wretched of the Earth in 1961, Fanon’s work has been deeply significant for generations of intellectuals and activists from the 60s to the present day. Alienation … Continue reading →

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Subjects of Desire: Foucault’s ‘Aveux de la chair’ and the Roots of Modern Governmentality (2018)

Posted on February 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Daniele Lorenzini, “Subjects of Desire: Foucault’s ‘Aveux de la chair’ and the Roots of Modern Governmentality” Research Seminar in Post-Kantian European Philosophy Tue, Feb 6, 2018 – 5:30pm – 7:30pm (S0.11) University of Warwick, Department…

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‘Michel Foucault: The Last Interview and Other Conversations’ on ‘indefinite hold’ – anyone know more?

Posted on February 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Last year I started seeing notices for a book entitled Michel Foucault: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (for example, see Google Books or Rizzoli Bookstore). Online bookstores list it but do not stock it, and Worldcat suggests no libraries have … Continue reading →

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David Chandler, Ontopolitics in the Anthropocene: An Introduction to Mapping, Sensing and Hacking

Posted on January 31, 2018 by stuartelden

David Chandler, Ontopolitics in the Anthropocene: An Introduction to Mapping, Sensing and Hacking – now out with Routledge. If you buy direct from Routledge, code FLR40 at checkout will give a 20% discount. The Anthropocene captures more than a debate over … Continue reading →

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Alexander Clark and Bailey Sousa, ‘How to be a happy academic’

Posted on January 31, 2018 by stuartelden

Alexander Clark and Bailey Sousa, How to be a Happy Academic: A Guide to Being Effective in Research, Writing and Teaching. Doubtless some useful advice in here, but what’s with the title? Someone needs to get William Davies to review this… … Continue reading →

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Bernard E. Harcourt, The Counterrevolution: How Our Government Went to War Against Its Own Citizens (out in February with Basic Books)

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

Bernard E. Harcourt, The Counterrevolution: How Our Government Went to War Against Its Own Citizens – out in February with Basic Books. A distinguished political theorist sounds the alarm about the counterinsurgency strategies used to govern Americans Militarized police officers with … Continue reading →

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France Culture on Foucault’s Les aveux de la chair

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

France Culture has a piece by Jacques Munier on Foucault’s Les aveux de la chair, which is described as ‘without doubt the last great unpublished work of philosophy of the twentieth century’. The book is due to be published by Gallimard … Continue reading →

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Derrida’s Quarrel: “La Différance” at 50

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

Derrida’s Quarrel: “La Différance” at 50 in the Los Angeles Review of Books, by Birger Vanwesenbeeck. Two days late linking to this, but… On Saturday, January 27, 1968, Jacques Derrida, then maître assistant at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, delivered his lecture “La … Continue reading →

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