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Bernard E. Harcourt is an American critical theorist with a specialization in the area of punishment, surveillance, legal and political… more

Bernard E. Harcourt
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Beccaria was way ahead of us, back in 1764, when he worried about the brutalizing effects of state violence: How it could transform our ways of thinking and feeling. He was only 25 years old at the time—a Gen Z by our standards today. I just posted an essay here: open.substack.com/pub/bernardh...
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Tuesday, October 7th join author Daniel Louis Wyche in conversation with Bernard Harcourt about THE CARE OF THE SELF AND THE CARE OF THE OTHER at Book Culture starting at 7pm. @bernardharcourt.bsky.social @bookculture.com
112th: Daniel Louis Wyche with Bernard Harcourt | Book Culture
536 West 112th StNew York, NY
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and, sadly, of Rikers Island as well…
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… and stunning views of Brooklyn and Queens as well…
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I had amazing views of Manhattan on my flight back from Alabama this afternoon…
Views of NYC from plane
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Some thoughts on the brutality of our punishment practices, from the American death penalty to summary executions in international Waters…
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Back in Alabama, driving through the cotton fields, on the way to Holman Prison in Atmore. The clouds are getting ominous. The dementors are swooping in....
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Trump just ordered and the U.S. Navy just carried out another summary execution of 4 persons suspected of drug running in international waters. I am at a loss of words, so I am re-upping my piece on this just posted yesterday…

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President Trump’s Summary Execution of “Foreign Designated Terrorists” in International Waters and the Coming War on Anti-Fascism in America
Stopping A Lethal Category Error Before It Goes Any Further
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Was writing about this earlier today, here is a good primer on the presidential memorandum: time.com/7322106/trum...
White House Anti-Terror Order Targets ‘Anti-American’ Views
The order, experts warn, could target protestors' constitutional right to protest and free speech.
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President Trump is deliberately eliding and fabricating lethal categories at the same time as he is creating a new war on anti-fascism in America. I just posted an essay about it on my Substack here, where I try to disentangle the categories:
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Join us tonight (10/1) for the launch of Michel Foucault's 1953-54 book, newly published in English by @columbiaup.bsky.social, *Binswanger and Existential Analysis* at 7pm at @bookculture.com on 112th bet. Broadway and Amsterdam. We will discuss the early Foucault: cup.columbia.edu/book/binswan...
Binswanger and Existential Analysis | Columbia University Press
In the early 1950s, the young Michel Foucault took a keen interest in the method of existential analysis—Daseinsanalyse—developed by the Swiss psychiatri... | CUP
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Cooperation and artist cooperatives, a perfect synergy, especially in these heightened times of exclusion and political repression. I just posted a review of the "Press & Pull" print exhibit at the James Gallery at the CUNY Graduate School in NYC. Open access here:
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The Art of Cooperation
A Review of the “Press & Pull” Art Exhibit at the James Gallery in New York City
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I just posted a third essay on my Substack: "Twilight of American Democracy: Mapping A Democratic Breakdown in the United States." Back from an intense gathering on the current crisis of American democracy, and as we debated, I created a mental map... bernardharcourt.substack.com/p/twilight-o...
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yes this is a post to let you know event season starts tonight
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Mark Mazower TONIGHT!
@alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social & @christinewebb.bsky.social in convo Monday
Stephanie Cowell on her Brontë novel Tuesday
@bernardharcourt.bsky.social on Foucault Wednesday
& more!
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