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Review: In ‘Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt,’ a Thinker More Relevant Than Ever – The New York Times

Posted on April 6, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
New documentary on Arendt reviewed in the NYT: In ‘Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt,’ a Thinker More Relevant Than Ever – The New York Times

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Peter Sloterdijk, Critique of Cynical Reason reissued by Verso

Posted on April 6, 2016 by stuartelden

Peter Sloterdijk’s first major work Critique of Cynical Reason, translated by Michael Eldred, has been reissued by Verso. When it was first published in West Germany, this book provoked both critical acclaim and widespread consternation, especially among the 1960s generation whose … Continue reading →

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Sara Ahmed interviews Judith Butler in Sexualities (open access)

Posted on April 5, 2016 by stuartelden

Sara Ahmed interviews Judith Butler in Sexualities (open access) – the interview is mainly about Gender Trouble.

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Noel Castree’s tribute to Doreen Massey in Progress in Human Geography

Posted on April 5, 2016 by stuartelden

‘A tribute to Doreen Massey‘ by Noel Castree in Progress in Human Geography (open access). The complete list of all the tributes I know about is here.

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New Associate Editor position at Political Geography

Posted on April 5, 2016 by stuartelden

Political Geography is looking for a new associate editor, to begin this July. The position, made possible by James Sidaway stepping down after 12 years as associate editor, is broadly worded to cover the breadth of the subdiscipline. However we…

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David Harvey Production of Capitalist Spaces

Posted on April 4, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Deterritorial Investigations :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm_UgX–ef8 “It is David Harvey’s contention that the production of space, especially the distribution and organization of the territory, constitutes a principal aspect of capitalist economies. His writings on this theme have contributed to the…

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Live and let die: did Michel Foucault predict Europe’s refugee crisis? (2016)

Posted on April 4, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Stephane J Baele, Live and let die: did Michel Foucault predict Europe’s refugee crisis?, The Conversation, February 25, 2016 In March 1976, philosopher Michel Foucault described the advent of a new logic of government, specific…

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Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College reviewed at NDPR

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College, 1980 is reviewed at NDPR.

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9 Critical Theory books that came out in March 2016

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Another useful roundup from critical-theory.com – Guattari, Agamben, and more…

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No joke – Foucault’s Last Decade is officially published today

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault’s Last Decade is officially published today. The date is mere coincidence. If you order direct from Wiley – Polity’s distributor – then the book should be sent now. Other online retailers will be getting copies shortly. Thank you to … Continue reading →

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