A few books from Routledge in recompense for review work, new issues of Transactions, Review of International Studies and Theory, Culture and Society, and a first edition (1976) of the Foucault-led Les machines á guerir. As I discuss in the page on Foucault’s collaborative projects, this is very different from the 1979 version.
Derek Gregory provides some slides from his recent presentation – some very good maps here (and linked from here).
In Finland last month I gave a presentation on Law, violence and b/ordering, in which I began by making two preliminary points about border crossings and (para)military violence: trans-border incursions and transgressions have been facilitated by (i) new stealth technologies deployed by state actors and (ii) the rise of new non-state and para-state actors. Here are the relevant slides:
I derived the map showing the advance of IS(IS)/ISIL from the Institute for the Study of War; say what you like about their politics (this is the Kagans we are talking about), their maps and summaries are extremely helpful.
Now Public Intelligence has just published a series of (unclassified) maps of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan produced by the Humanitarian Information Unit of the US State Department called Conflicts Without Borders:
‘Conflicts Without Borders refers to a conflict in one country that draws in other governments and non-state actors…
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The Politics and International Studies at Warwick blog, Reconsidering Politics, has new posts on the situation in Hong Kong and new book releases from colleagues.
I’ve just received a copy of the latest Foucault lecture course to be translated, 1980’s On the Government of the Living. the translation of Du gouvernement des vivants. The French was published two years ago; there are two lecture courses out in French which are still to appear in English; and then one more to come in French. I can now go back and fill in all the dual references in Chapter Seven of the Foucault’s Last Decade manuscript, as well as check my translations of passages to Graham Burchell’s.
First, though, I have a review of this course, and the 1981 Louvain lectures Mal faire, dire vrai/Wrong Doing, Truth Telling, to complete. This will be sent to Berfrois, for whom I’ve already reviewed two of Foucault’s lecture courses (here and here).
The History Manifesto by Jo Guldi and David Armitage – open access book from Cambridge University Press.
How shou
ld historians speak truth to power – and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history – especially long-term history – so essential to understanding the multiple pasts which gave rise to our conflicted present? The History Manifesto is a call to arms to historians and everyone interested in the role of history in contemporary society. Leading historians David Armitage and Jo Guldi identify a recent shift back to longer-term narratives, following many decades of increasing specialization, which they argue is vital for the future of historical scholarship and how it is communicated. This provocative and thoughtful book makes an important intervention in the debate about the role of history and the humanities in a digital age. It will provoke discussion among policymakers, activists and entrepreneurs as well as ordinary listeners, viewers, readers, students and teachers.
Remembering Derrida: A Forum by Peggy Kamuf, Gil Anidjar, Elisabeth Weber,Michael Marder & Luce Irigaray in the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Some papers from the Society and Space journal and open site that relate to Peter Gratton’s newly published book.
Ebola is all over the front-pages of newspapers today, in part due to the Spanish nurse and the death of the Liberian in the US. The Guardian has a live blog with updates, and the World Bank has produced a report on the wider impact on the countries most affected.
Much could be said of the shifting focus now the virus is having a direct impact on the West; of the economic focus of the World Bank report; and the militarised nature of the response from Western governments.
I’ve added several pieces to the Ebola reading list on this site. Many of the pieces linked there provide a lot more detail than the headlines.
A new review at the Society and Space open site.
