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Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
This is the tenth in a series of extended posts on Grégoire Chamayou‘s Théorie du drone and covers the fifth and final chapter in Part II, Ethos and psyche. Chamayou begins with a lecture given by German artist and film-maker Harun Farocki in…

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
The thingness of books, especially of many books kept in a small space, stacked high without rhyme or reason, can become impressive. I worry about being oppressed by the books I own––quite different from being oppressed…

Five forthcoming papers in Society and Space now available online (require subscription).

Daniel Defert and Bernard Harcourt discuss Foucault’s 1970-71 course, The Will to Know.

Interesting interview with Steve Fuller.

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
APHORISM A concise, often witty, turn of phrase that should be shared out of context on Twitter or Pinterest. BILDUNGSROMAN Novel where someone (preferably male) matures into the ideal state of bitter disillusionment. CATHARSIS Evocation of fear…

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
AFFECTIVE FALLACY Avoid reading with emotions. Ignore any feelings you feel during reading—that’s not the point of literature. BYRONIC HERO Super-cool cool guy. CANON All the literature that’s fit to print. Declare it dead or meaningless…

Originally posted on Open Geography:
A bit of Internet sleuthing turns up the fact that finally Foucault’s book Le Desordre des familles, lettres de cachet, with Arlette Farge, originally published in 1982, is being translated into English. Nancy Luxon, a…

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
At Verso’s blog, news of the passing of Marshall Berman. See also Crooked Timber.