Category: Bibliography

Imaginaires du néoliberalisme

08/06/2016

L’imaginaire néolibéral se révèle comme un dispositif de production de peur et de généralisation de l’impuissance, voué à corseter les imaginaires au prétexte de l’absence d’alternative. On y observe une métamorphose de la violence du régime d’accumulation, présentée comme inévitable, absolue, et dépolitisée. Il s’appuie sur une spacialisation et une culturalisation des rapports sociaux. Qu’il … More Imaginaires du néoliberalisme

Mais, find this article or book

07/06/2016

Scholars of Latin American and Caribbean history have recently given a great deal of thought to both “race-making” and “nation-building.” [End Page 331] Many embrace the premise that race is a historical construct—a product of interactions among state policy, individual actions, and local politics—and elaborate compelling analyses of the racial dynamics on that basis. At … More Mais, find this article or book

Summer reading

06/06/2016

Avant-garde antidiets and futurist cooking. I want to own this book but it is very expensive; I can get it at LSU or Tulane. I need it for possible future work on Oswald. Guide for the Mexican migrant. Rethinking the Spanish Empire through its archives. Taming PARES, or how to actually use the Spanish Archives … More Summer reading

Sarmiento encore

01/06/2016

Savage and barbarian were, I am told (and must find out), categories in nineteenth century international law. Friend: There is a stunning passage in Foucault’s book Society Must be Defended (1975-76) that compares the figure of the “savage” with that of the “barbarian” as these emerged in 17thc. historical writing in France. His description of … More Sarmiento encore