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Thinking Memory Through Space – conference in London

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Conference in July in London – full details here.

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“Maybe there’s something wrong with our notion of paradise” — Slavoj Žižek

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
In an essay published today at the LRB, Slavoj Žižek addresses the current, disparate waves of protest around the globe and explores the difference between a reformist and a revolutionary period: in a reformist period, global revolution remains a…

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‘Leibniz and Geography’ published

My article on Leibniz and geography is published in the new issue of Geographica Helvetica. The journal is subscription only for the first year but I can send a copy of the article if you ask. Leibniz and geography: geologist, … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk in English Update

Originally posted on Te Ipu Pakore: The Broken Vessel:
I’ve updated my bibliography of Sloterdijk’s writings in English again: see the post. Not much has appeared recently, except the arrival of two monographs: The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a…

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Another review of Code/Space by Rob Kitchin & Martin Dodge

a roundup of reviews of Code/Space

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Gezi Revolt: Critique, Courage–A Commentary by Ali Riza Taşkale

a new commentary on events in Turkey at the Society and Space open site.

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Getting academic research published and read

RGS advice on publishing.

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On Foucault’s Review of Cassirer’s Philosophy of the Enlightenment

Originally posted on Persistent Enlightenment:
Ernst Cassirer It is unfortunate that no one has gotten around to translating Michel Foucault’s 1966 review of the French translation of Ernst Cassirer’s Philosophie der Aufklärung.1 Granted, it is a short text and –…

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Bolivia, Snowden, and the Politics of Verticality

Originally posted on Open Geography:
The extraordinary events of the last day–blow-by-blow live blog here from the Guardian–have certainly raised plenty of legal and diplomatic issues. What is the legality of diverting a head of state’s official plane, or even…

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Geopolitical Material

Duncan Depledge provides a brief summary of an interesting editorial he has published in Political Geography. Like my recent ‘Earth’ paper he is using Elizabeth Grosz to begin to rethink geo-politics.

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