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New book from Anna Tsing: The Mushroom at the End of the World: on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins

Originally posted on Jeremy J Schmidt:
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins, coming from Princeton this September, details here. Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world—and a weed…

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Judith Butler Parting Ways – A Jewish Philosophy Symposium

Thanks to dmfant for this link to a symposium on Judith Butler’s Parting Ways. jewish philosophy place This symposium on Parting Ways is just out in the print version of the journal Political Theology. It includes contributions by Sarah Hammerschlag, … Continue reading →

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How Does the University Press Remain Relevant?

An interesting piece on one element of scholarly publishing.

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Critical Theory’s eight books that came out in June 2015

Critical Theory’s eight books that came out in June 2015

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Macherey: Lire Foucault and Other Recent Presentations

Originally posted on My Desiring-Machines:
Pierre Macherey has posted four recent presentations on Foucault (from the “Foucault au collège de France : une aventure intellectuelle et éditoriale” conference), Althusser, and Hegel/Spinoza on his blog (thanks to Jason Read for posting this…

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Top posts this week on Progressive Geographies

Félix Guattari on writing Anti-Oedipus in The Paris Review Writing about writing, and writing about theory and the use of languages When Heidegger met Lacan Good advice on ‘A Realistic Summer Writing Schedule’ from The Chronicle Books received – Foucault, Lefebvre, Cohen, Parikka, Esposito, … Continue reading →

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Justin E.H. Smith, Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference: Race in Early Modern Philosophy – now out

Justin E.H. Smith, Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference: Race in Early Modern Philosophy is now out from Princeton University Press. I really liked his book on Leibniz, Divine Machines, so this should be interesting. The introduction can be downloaded here. People … Continue reading →

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Andy Merrifield has a blog

Andy Merrifield has a blog – http://andymerrifield.org 

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Foucault and May 1968 (2015)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jruh7hjVFtE Foucault and May 1968 Published on 18 Jun 2015 François Ewald (CNAM), Bernard Harcourt (Columbia Law School, Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought), and Jesús R. Velasco (LAIC Chair, Columbia University) delve into the…

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a sneak preview of the fourth edition of Visual Methodologies

Originally posted on visual/method/culture:
I’ve been working on the fourth edition of Visual Methodologies on and off since January, squeezing it in the gaps between way too many other projects. As a result, it’s rather hard to have…

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