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The Priority of Injustice: at last….

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
So, finally, the book that I have been writing, on and off, for the last four years, The Priority of Injustice, has been published – or at least, it’s real, I think the formal publication…

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Kedar, Amara and Yiftachel, Emptied Lands A Legal Geography of Bedouin Rights in the Negev

Alexandre Kedar, Ahmad Amara and Oren Yiftachel, Emptied Lands: A Legal Geography of Bedouin Rights in the Negev, forthcoming in February 2018 with Stanford University Press. Since its establishment, the Jewish State has devoted major efforts to secure control over the land … Continue reading

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Preparing for your Viva: Collected Resources

Originally posted on Turbulent Isles:
The printed copies of my thesis before I submitted them (Photo:? Hannah Awcock) A few weeks ago, I passed my PhD viva! As my viva got closer, I spoke to lots of people about theirs,…

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Jeremy Bentham’s preserved head goes back on public display

It’s fairly well known that Jeremy Bentham’s body is preserved in a glass case at University College London. But it’s less well known that his head was also preserved, and was brought out of storage every so often to be … Continue reading

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Political Philosophy meets Politics, Bristol, 30 October 2017

Political Philosophy meets Politics, Bristol, 30 October 2017, 9am-5pm What happens when political philosophers get involved in politics? The only way to find out is to ask them; to have them tell their story, and share whatever lessons they’ve learnt … Continue reading

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Mustafa Dikeç, Urban Rage: The Revolt of the Excluded forthcoming with Yale University Press.

Mustafa Dikeç, Urban Rage: The Revolt of the Excluded forthcoming with Yale University Press. A timely and incisive examination of contemporary urban unrest that explains why riots will continue until citizens are equally treated and politically included In the past few … Continue reading

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Vincent Blok, Ernst Jünger’s Philosophy of Technology: Heidegger and the Poetics of the Anthropocene

Vincent Blok, Ernst Jünger’s Philosophy of Technology: Heidegger and the Poetics of the Anthropocene – looks interesting, but unfortunately another Routledge book at a prohibitive price. This book examines the work of Ernst Jünger and its effect on the development … Continue reading

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You Should Learn Descriptive Bibliography

A fascinating post about descriptive bibliography – something else I’ve been thinking about with the Shakespeare work, and the use of archives and rare book rooms.

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the media of thinking and arguing: paper, dust, discs and the cloud

Originally posted on visual/method/culture:
I started a new job on 1 October as Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford, so over the summer I cleared out my office at The Open University. I’ve been at…

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Adam David Morton, The Architecture of ‘Passive Revolution’: Society, State and Space in Modern Mexico

Adam David Morton, ‘The Architecture of ‘Passive Revolution’: Society, State and Space in Modern Mexico‘, Journal of Latin American Studies (requires subscription). Adam discusses the piece at the Progress in Political Economy blog. This article analyses the political economy of Henri … Continue reading

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