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Originally posted on The page “Newfoundland Literature” does not exist:
I was recently asked to make a brief presentation about dissertation writing/support groups. I was one of four presenters at a workshop hosted by the University of Toronto’s School of…

Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? – reading guide updated with news of forthcoming translations Foucault and Neoliberalism – a few thoughts in response to the Zamora piece in Jacobin The Philosopher’s Jumper – apparently modelled by Beckett, Foucault and … Continue reading →

Critical Theory’s eight books that came out in May – including Balibar, Luxemburg, Lotringer and Foucault (though not sure the Foucault is actually out just yet).

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Now out, an intriguing new book on capitalism – Martijn Konings, The Emotional Logic of Capitalism. The capitalist market, progressives bemoan, is a cold monster: it disrupts social bonds, erodes emotional attachments, and imposes an abstract…

Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology is celebrating its 46th Year, and has made some of its classic papers available open access. Includes pieces by Husserl, Sartre, Heidegger, Gadamer, Lingis… Thanks to Enowning for the link.

I’d like to think this was satire, but it appears not… The Philosopher’s Jumper. Though I guess if you’re prepared to pay £150 then the joke’s on you anyway… Thanks to James Kneale for the alert. They try to suggest various … Continue reading →

Interview with Judith Butler on gender and the trans-experience at the Verso Books site.

Long, somewhat rambling, but frequently interesting interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in The Hindu [corrected – not The Hindu Times].

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
This was posted a week or so ago, but is still a good overall view of what he has been working on. He’s recently published Why the World Does not Exist and Fields…