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

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

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

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

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

[Update August 2026: a revised and expanded version of this post is here, as part of the ‘Sunday Histories‘ series of posts] In his 1971 interview with Fons Elders, rediscovered and then padded out to form a small book entitled … Continue reading

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Benedict Anderson tributes

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

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

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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Slavoj Žižek – Hegelian Battles – 3 Lectures

Slavoj Žižek – Hegelian Battles – audio recordings of Birkbeck lectures from December 2015. The battle for Hegel goes on – new interpretations are emerging which perhaps pose an even greater threat to Hegel’s legacy than the usual rejections of Hegel. … Continue reading

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Elemental Ecocriticism – Thinking with Earth, Air, Water and Fire

Elemental Ecocriticism – Thinking with Earth, Air, Water and Fire – now out from University of Minnesota Press, edited by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Lowell Duckert. Brings to ecotheory and the environmental humanities the challenges and possibilities offered by thinking … Continue reading

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