The foreword to Maria Mies’ “Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour,” by Sylvia Federici.
New Podcast by Zer0 Books Launched in August
Zer0 Books, a house run by John Hunt Publishing and that describes itself as “intellectual without being academic, popular without being populist,” has started a new podcast in conjunction with the philosophy podcast Diet Soap.
Our First Hate Mail
In which my terrible writing throws someone into a fit of rage.
A Philosopher’s Guide to the NFL [Comic]
Fake your way through awkward sports conversations with this quick and dirty guide to the NFL.
Herbert Marcuse Conference Schedule Announced
This October marks the 50th anniversary of the Herbert Marcuse’s “One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society,” and to celebrate Brandeis University is hosting an incredible conference October 1-2.
Philosopher Kings: A Terrible Idea [Comic]
The latest from Existential Comics.
8 Critical Theory Books That Came Out This Month, August
Zizek squared, Derrida, Feenberg and more!
“A Bitter Disappointment,” Edward Said on His Encounter with Sartre, de Beauvoir and Foucault
In 1979, Edward Said was invited by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir to France for a conference on Middle East peace. It was in the wake of the Camp David Accords that ended the war between Egypt and Israel, that the author of “Orientalism” and ardent supporter of the Palestinian people, was invited to contribute with other prominent thinkers.
Submit your Papers! Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari: Refrains of Freedom
“Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari: Refrains of Freedom,” an international conference to be held in Athens, is now accepting submissions. Deadline for submissions is November 1, 2014.
George Orwell Trolls Jean-Paul Sartre in 1948
“I have just had Sartre’s book on antisemitism, which you published, to review. I think Sartre is a bag of wind and I am going to give him a good boot.”