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Books received – Cockburn, Benjamin, Agamben, Skornicki, GeoHumanities

Posted on December 18, 2015 by stuartelden

Some recent books – Patrick Cockburn’s The Rise of Islamic State and Walter Benjamin’s The Origins of German Tragic Drama, which I bought in the Verso sale; Arnault Skornicki, La grande soif de l’État. Michel Foucault avec les sciences sociales, which I … Continue reading →

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Annotated bibliography of Foucault’s texts on heterotopia at Heterotopian Studies

Posted on December 18, 2015 by stuartelden

Annotated bibliography of Foucault’s texts on heterotopia at Heterotopian Studies.

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Theory, Culture & Society E-Special Issue: Fiction & Social Theory – edited by David Beer

Posted on December 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Theory, Culture & Society E-Special Issue: Fiction & Social Theory – edited by David Beer This special issue brings together a range of articles from the Theory, Culture & Society archive that directly explore the relations between fiction and social … Continue reading →

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Shiloh Krupar, ‘Operational Banality: medical geographies of administration and the biopolitical grotesque’ – Neil Smith lecture video

Posted on December 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Shiloh Krupar, ‘Operational Banality: medical geographies of administration and the biopolitical grotesque’ – second Neil Smith lecture video. Thanks to Derek Gregory for the link. Neil Smith Lecture Nov 2015 from University of St Andrews on Vimeo.

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Causes of deaths in Shakespeare’s plays visualised

Posted on December 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Thanks to Murray Low for sharing this graphic Here’s another one, which I’ve shared on the blog before (from Biblioklept)…

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Álvaro Reyes (2015) Zapatismo: other geographies circa “the end of the world” Spanish translation

Posted on December 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Spanish translation of a piece in Society and Space – English original is currently open access.

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Foucault on Frans Hals, The Regents and the History of Madness

Posted on December 14, 2015 by stuartelden

In his 1971 interview with Fons Elders, rediscovered and then padded out to form a small book entitled Freedom and Knowledge, Foucault says that publishers have tended to illustrate his work on madness with Bruegel, Bosch and Goya. But he … Continue reading →

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Benedict Anderson tributes

Posted on December 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Benedict Anderson has died aged 79. Tariq Ali writes and links to some tributes at Verso‘s site, and an archive of his articles can be found at the London Review of Books.

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on December 13, 2015 by stuartelden

Up to 20 Funded PhD Studentships in Politics and International Studies at University of Warwick Giorgio Agamben, The Use of Bodies – available to pre-order Financial markets, algo-rhythms, and cities – Borch, Hansen and Lange Useful resources for academic writers Biopower: Foucault and Beyond … Continue reading →

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Steve Mentz, Shipwreck Modernity: Ecologies of Globalization, 1550–1719

Posted on December 13, 2015 by stuartelden

Steve Mentz, Shipwreck Modernity: Ecologies of Globalization, 1550–1719 now out. The familiar story of shipwreck revealed as an allegory of ecological catastrophe. Traces of shipwreck ecology appear in canonical literature from Shakespeare to Donne and also in sermons, tales of … Continue reading →

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