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Dave Beer on making decisions about research plans; and some thoughts of my own

Some interesting thoughts from Dave Beer on making decisions about research plans – At a research junction A few years ago I wrote a page for this site about how, largely retrospectively, I saw the main periods of my research … Continue reading

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Gisèle Sapiro, The Sociology of Literature – trans. Madeline Bedecarré and Ben Libman, Stanford University Press, October 2023

Gisèle Sapiro, The Sociology of Literature – trans. Madeline Bedecarré and Ben Libman, Stanford University Press, October 2023 The Sociology of Literature is a pithy primer on the history, affordances, and potential futures of this growing field of study, which finds … Continue reading

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Pramod K. Nayar, Vulnerable Earth: The Literature of Climate Crisis – Cambridge University Press, May 2024

Pramod K. Nayar, Vulnerable Earth: The Literature of Climate Crisis – Cambridge University Press, May 2024 Vulnerable Earth is a study of the literature of climate crisis. Building on the assumption that the crisis is planetary in scope even if … Continue reading

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“Foucault and Structuralism” – a book chapter for Daniele Lorenzini’s collection The Foucauldian Mind

I recently wrote a book chapter on “Foucault and Structuralism” for The Foucauldian Mind, edited by my friend and former Warwick colleague Daniele Lorenzini. It’s been an interesting diversion from the other work. Contrary to my usual practice, where I … Continue reading

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Marcelo Hoffman, Foucault in Brazil: Dictatorship, Resistance, and Solidarity (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024) – book launch 16 April 2024, Pace University

Marcelo Hoffman, Foucault in Brazil: Dictatorship, Resistance, and Solidarity (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024) – book launch 16 April 2024, Pace University

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Canguilhem beyond Epistemology and the History of Science – special issue of Revue Internationale de Philosophie, No 307, 2024

Canguilhem beyond Epistemology and the History of Science – special issue of Revue Internationale de Philosophie, edited by Federico Testa, No 307, 2024 Congratulations to Federico for bringing this issue together – it has taken a long time, but as … Continue reading

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The Invention of Prehistory: A Dialogue with Stefanos Geroulanos

The Invention of Prehistory: A Dialogue with Stefanos Geroulanos They are talking about his new book, The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and our Obsession with Human Origins (Liveright, April 2024) In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Stefanos Geroulanos … Continue reading

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The Archaeology of Foucault reviewed by David Beer in The Times Literary Supplement

My 2023 book The Archaeology of Foucault is generously reviewed by David Beer in The Times Literary Supplement The review requires subscription, but email me if you can’t access a copy through an institution. Imagine Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes … Continue reading

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Andy Merrifield, ‘The Subaltern in Gramsci’

Andy Merrifield, ‘The Subaltern in Gramsci‘ Gramsci saw the whole of the Italian “South” as a kind of goblin, as a character who got and keeps getting a bad rap, like Rumpelstiltskin. In late 1926, a month or so prior … Continue reading

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On Book Reviews – Daily Nous, NDPR and more

The Daily Nous has a short piece about the decline in the number of book reviews at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR), with some comments about why this might be. Daily Nons will share news of open access book reviews, … Continue reading

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