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A brief genealogy of governmentality studies: the Foucault effect and its developments. An interview with Colin Gordon (2013)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
A brief genealogy of governmentality studies: the Foucault effect and its developments. An interview with Colin Gordon by Fabiana Jardim, Educação e Pesquisa, vol.39 no.4 São Paulo Oct./Dec. 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-97022013000400016 Full text available from this…

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Top ten posts on Progressive Geographies last week

How powerful is your passport? – infographic Judith Butler reviews Jacques Derrida, The Death Penalty Volume I New issue of Radical Philosophy, including discussion of the politics of translation Foucault’s major works to appear in a Pléiade edition Globe, Governmentality, … Continue reading →

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A Mini-Interview: Mercedes Bunz explains meson press

Originally posted on Machinology:
meson press’ first book, Rethinking Gamification (PDF), was just released in Lüneburg. Part of the Hybrid Publishing Lab at the Leuphana University, the press focuses on digital culture and network media with the aim to “challenge contemporary theories…

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Searching for the sublime: Tuan’s Romantic Geography reviewed

A review of Yi-Fu Tuan’s new book at the Society and Space open site.

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Deborah Cowen – The Deadly Life of Logistics

Deborah Cowen’s new book – out in September.

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IBRU Relaunched as Centre for Borders Research

On its 25th anniversary, IBRU, formerly the Durham University’s International Boundaries Research Unit, has been relaunched as Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research. Although past and current clients of IBRU’s consulting and training services likely will see little difference (aside from…

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L’Usage des plaisirs et Le Souci de soi de Michel Foucault. Regards critiques 1984-1987 (2014)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
L’Usage des plaisirs et Le Souci de soi de Michel Foucault. Regards critiques 1984-1987 coédition PUC – IMEC, Juillet 2014 Dossier coordonné par Luca Paltrinieri. Textes choisis et présentés par Philippe Artières, Jean-François Bert, Sandra…

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Top ten posts on Progressive Geographies this week

How powerful is your passport? – infographic Nine critical theory books from June Embedding Agamben’s Critique of Foucault: The Theological and Pastoral Origins of Governmentality (2014) Novels read in the first half of 2014 Five apps I find really useful … Continue reading →

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Embedding Agamben’s Critique of Foucault: The Theological and Pastoral Origins of Governmentality (2014)

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Dotan Leshem, Embedding Agamben’s Critique of Foucault: The Theological and Pastoral Origins of Governmentality, Theory, Culture & Society, June 30, 2014 doi: 10.1177/0263276414537315 Abstract This article tackles Giorgio Agamben’s critique of Michel Foucault’s genealogy of…

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Top ten posts this week on Progressive Geographies

How powerful is your passport? – infographic – the most popular post in a long time The theft of Native Americans’ land, in one animated map Five apps I find really useful for my writing and blogging The Clubs that Connect … Continue reading →

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