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disClosure 23 now available

Originally posted on Open Geography:
Last spring (2013) I had the honor and privilege to co-teach the annual Social Theory seminar, with three colleagues, Jenny Rice, Jeff Peters, and Susan Larson. The seminar is a long-standing feature of the Committee…

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Nuclear Topographies: a review of Krupar’s Hot Spotter’s Report by Peter van Wyck

A review of Shiloh Krupar’s excellent Hot Spotter’s Report at the Society and Space open site – plus a link to the interview I conducted with Shiloh.

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Elizabeth Povinelli – ‘The Four Figures of the Anthropocene’

Elizabeth Povinelli – lecture and a reminder of the Society and Space open site interview.

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Richard Sennett on the Open City – lecture at Durham

thanks again to dmfant for this one.

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Lois McNay, The Misguided Search for the Political

Lois McNay’s new book, The Misguided Search for the Political, has just been published by Polity Press. There has been a lively debate amongst political theorists about whether certain liberal concepts of democracy are so idealized that they lack relevance to … Continue reading →

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Reconstruction of the Machine from Franz Kafka’s In the Penal Colony

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
?  “However,” the Officer said, interrupting himself, “I’m chattering, and his apparatus stands here in front of us. As you see, it consists of three parts. With the passage of time certain popular names have been…

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Recursions: a new book series in media & cultural theory

Originally posted on Machinology:
We are proud to announce the launch of a new book series titled Recursions: Theories of Media, Materiality and Cultural Techniques. Placed with Amsterdam University Press, a publisher known for its strong track-record in film and…

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Three forthcoming papers (require subscription)

New papers in Society and Space – discussing social movements, Kant’s Geography, and water in the city.

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Claire Colebrook, Death of the PostHuman: Essays on Extinction, Vol. 1 – pdf available online

Claire Colebrook’s Death of the PostHuman: Essays on Extinction, Vol. 1 is available online and as downloadable pdf from Open Humanities Press – print version coming soon. Death of the PostHuman undertakes a series of critical encounters with the legacy of what … Continue reading →

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critical-theory.com’s five books that came out in April

critical-theory.com‘s five books that came out in April – Agamben and Politics, Reasoning with Who we are, Making Money, The Imperial University and… Why are Animals Funny?

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