Elden is currently working on a book for Polity Press entitled “Foucault’s Last Decade,” which delves into the litany of published and unpublished works, manuscripts and lectures that Foucault left behind after his untimely death.
How a Book on Nihilism Ended Up on Jay-Z’s Back and Glenn Beck’s Show
A New School professor’s book ended up in fashion magazines and music videos before setting off conservative alarmist.
Submit Your Essays! Unbecoming Queer Narratives
You’ve got until December 1!
Derrida Explained With Video Games (and Cats)
In this week’s 8-Bit Philosophy, Jacques Derrida’s work in “Of Grammatology” is explained.
Submit Your Papers! Discipline and Punish 40 Years On
Nottingham Trent University is now accepting submissions for their 2015 conference on Michel Foucault’s “Discipline and Punish.” The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2015.
Paolo Virno on Why Hegel is More Exciting Than Raves
Virno, a post-Marxist, is subject of a new Italian documentary (with English subtitles), that will soon be showing in an upcoming Italian film festival, according to its creator.
Submit Your Papers! Critical Animal Studies Conference 2015
The Institute for Critical Animal Studies is now accepting submissions for their 2015 conference to be held at Binghamton University.
The conference will be held from April 17-19, 2015. The deadline for submissions is January 10, 2015.
Win a Free Copy of “The Left Hemisphere” and CT Swag!
Enter to win “The Left Hemisphere,” a Karl Marx koozie and a CT bookmark by Tuesday, November 4.
10 Critical Theory Books That Came Out This Month, October
Peter Sloterdijk, Jacques Ranciere and more.
Radio Benjamin: Like NPR for Weirdos
Benjamin’s radio plays for children, left behind after he escaped Germany in 1940, survived only by chance. The typescripts left behind in Benjamin’s apartments were seized by the Gestapo and only managed to not be destroyed by bureaucratic error. They weren’t published in German until 1985.