Progressive Geographies

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Space, Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography by Jeremy Crampton and Stuart Elden has been chosen by our editors as having played a significant part in the building and reputation of our Geography list. In the years since publication, the authors have had a chance to reflect on their work and the process of publishing.

This book takes a close look at the work of Michel Foucault, featuring contributions by key figures such as David Harvey, Chris Philo, Sara Mills, Nigel Thrift, John Agnew, Thomas Flynn and Matthew Hannah. In the podcast below, recorded in Chicago, at the Swissôtel, the editors of this influential book discuss their experiences and motivations in publishing their work. They also reflect on the impact their research has had, and look to future endeavors.

To hear about the authors’ experiences, you can listen to the podcast here:

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This list does not include audio and video interviews, which will appear in a future installment. There are one or two interviews featuring in other bibliographies that I do not include in this list, because 1) they refer to web links that are now broken and 2) the interview is not available elsewhere.

Notably, the following item appears in bibliographies here and here, but I have not been able to track down a reliable reference for it:

“Michel Serres: Il faut apprendre aux enfants à désobéir.”  Le Courrier français.  [Volume and date unknown.  This is a Quebec magazine that published an interview of Michel Serres.]

Please let me know if you have a full reference, and I will add it to the list.

(1976). Serres, Michel, and Françoise Lévy, “Le philosophe et la guerre.” Les Nouvelles littéraires 54, no. 2536: 21.

(1983). Serres, Michel, and J-P. Dumont, et al., “Les…

Routledge is currently looking for book proposals to be included in a new book series, Routledge Studies in Radical History and Politics.

The series has two areas of interest. Firstly, it aims to publish books which focus on the history of movements of the radical left. ‘Movement of the radical left’ is here interpreted in its broadest sense as encompassing those past movements for radical change which operated in the mainstream political arena as with political parties, and past movements for change which operated more outside the mainstream as with millenarian movements, anarchist groups, utopian socialist communities, and trade unions. Secondly, the series aims to publish books which focus on more contemporary expressions of radical left-wing politics. Recent years have been witness to the emergence of a multitude of new radical movements adept at getting their voices in the public sphere. From those participating in the Arab Spring, the Occupy…