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The Story of Marinaleda, the Communist Village Against the World | Critical-Theory.com
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The Story of Marinaleda, the Communist Village Against the World. October 8, 2013. The people of Marinaleda don’t take activism lightly. They’ve occupied airports, train stations, government buildings, farms and palaces. They’ve staged hunger strikes, blocked roads, and set up pickets. And when feeling a little ambitious, you can even count on them to raid supermarkets and donate the stolen goods to food pantries. Yet when the inevitable question of “what is there to do? Who has held the position since 1...
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Who the Fuck is Jacques Ranciere? | Critical-Theory.com
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Who the Fuck is Jacques Ranciere? March 28, 2013. Who is Jacques Ranciere? A French critical theorist and philosophical troll in a world of ivory tower intellectualism, bourgeois academics, and Jean Baudrillard, Ranciere stands out as a kind of anti-philosopher. A University of Paris professor and former student of Louis Althusser, Ranciere has committed his intellectual project to destroying its foundations. While that may sound a lot like Baudrillard. In his “Ten Theses on Politics”, Rancie...Or, if yo...
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Submit Your Papers! The Foucault Circle 2016 | Critical-Theory.com
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The Foucault Circle 2016. July 29, 2015. The Foucault Circle is now accepting submissions for their 2016 conference in Sydney Australia. The deadline for submissions is November 20, 2015. See the call for papers below. The sixteenth annual meeting of the. June 29-July 2, 2016. Hosted by the University of New South Wales). On any aspect of Foucault’s work. Studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking are all welcome. We will aim for a diversity of topics and perspectives. Each speaker will...
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What to do if Your Friend is a Communist: The Hilarious Wikihow Guide | Critical-Theory.com
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What to do if Your Friend is a Communist: The Hilarious Wikihow Guide. April 25, 2014. WikiHow, a site dedicated to answering the most pressing. Questions of our generation, has taken to task the awkward position of having a communist friend. Or in the context of Critical-Theory readers, a guide to being friends with you. So how are the unwashed masses being instructed to deal with us? Here’s the Critical-Theory take on the best of WikiHow’s advice. I have a Communist friend! Be sure to validate your mul...
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Foucault | Critical-Theory.com
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Foucault’s Last Decade: An Interview with Stuart Elden. July 30, 2016. Stuart Elden, in his latest book “Foucault’s Last Decade,” meticulously pieces together Foucault’s work in the last 10 years of his life. Michel Foucault, Prisons and the Future of Abolition: An Interview. June 25, 2016. Michel Foucault, Explained with Selfies (and Video Games). August 30, 2015. In this 8-Bit Philosophy, Michel Foucault’s work in “The History of Sexuality: Volume 1” is explored. The Foucault Circle 2016. July 29, 2015.
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Books | Critical-Theory.com
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New Critical Theory Interview Series at the HKRB. March 26, 2016. The Hong Kong Review of Books has launched a new series of interviews with some of the world’s best critical theorists. Make Freud Jokes, Win Books. July 28, 2015. Win Verso’s Radical Thinker Set 10, containing titles from Joan Copjec, Catherine Clement, Octave Mannoni and a series of compiled speeches including Herbert Marcuse and Stokely Carmichael. 101 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in 2014. December 19, 2014. July 31, 2014. Noam C...
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7 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in July, 2015 | Critical-Theory.com
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7 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in July, 2015. August 2, 2015. If you’re a publisher or an author with a forthcoming book, let us know. Email tips@critical-theory.com. 8220;In this inaugural volume of the Edinburgh Encounters in Law and Philosophy series, Giorgio Agamben focuses upon the on-going warfare European state power has waged against its most malignant enemy: civil war itself. And its approach to the peril of the commonwealth’s exposure to civil strife, division and revolution. Philosophic...
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The Best Critical Theory Books of 2014, According to You | Critical-Theory.com
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The Best Critical Theory Books of 2014, According to You. December 31, 2014. Over the last few weeks, over 2,000 votes were cast for the best critical theory book of 2014. Here are the top 5 books of 2014, chosen by you. You can see all the results here. 5 Punishment and Inclusion. By Andrew Dilts (4.7% of all votes). You can read the first chapter here for free. By Audra Simpson (5.38% of all votes). 8220; Mohawk Interruptus. By Sara Ahmed (7.3% of all votes). 8220;In Willful Subjects. Coulthard demonst...
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6 Things Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism | Critical-Theory.com
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6 Things Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism. August 12, 2013. Friend. You know, the well-intentioned liberal who thinks that by recycling your Coca Cola cans and composting your GMO fruits and vegetables, all of the sudden, everything will be okay. Capitalism? 8220;Well, we can’t escape that,” they say “So I’m just going to keep drinking Naked Juice. And wearing an obscene amount of patchouli. So what do they teach us? 1 The Population Can’t Stop Growing Under Capitalism. What is not a...
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Inside The Global Center for Advanced Studies, a Chat with Creston Davis | Critical-Theory.com
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Inside The Global Center for Advanced Studies, a Chat with Creston Davis. May 13, 2014. In an academic world overwhelmed by contract work, low pay and no benefits, many academics would give anything just to have a tenure-track job. After sleepless nights and over 6 years of being a tenure track professor, winning the highest teaching award at his college, and publishing several books, it seems strange to give up a steady job to start a graduate school from scratch. But unlike the European Graduate School...
