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Trump, A Psy Fi Story: On American Germanicity (2016)
Journal Article
Featherstone. (2016). Trump, A Psy Fi Story: On American Germanicity. CTheory,

My purpose in this short reflection is to think the rise of Donald Trump through Laurence Rickels’ theory of American Germanicity, which shows that there is an unconscious connection between the American way of life and its Nazi other, in the name of... Read More about Trump, A Psy Fi Story: On American Germanicity.

The Specter of Neoliberalism: Thanatonomics and the Possibility of Trans-Individualism (2016)
Journal Article
Featherstone. (2016). The Specter of Neoliberalism: Thanatonomics and the Possibility of Trans-Individualism

Luxus: A Thanatology of Luxury from Nero to Bataille (2016)
Journal Article
Featherstone. (2016). Luxus: A Thanatology of Luxury from Nero to Bataille. Cultural Politics, 66-82. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-3436391

In this article, I seek to explore the psychopolitical significance of the contemporary idea of luxury through reference to the Roman concept of luxus, which means excess, extravagance, indulgence, and debauchery. In the first section of the article,... Read More about Luxus: A Thanatology of Luxury from Nero to Bataille.

The Specter of Neoliberalism: Thanatonomics and the Possibility of Trans-Individualism (2016)
Journal Article
Featherstone. (2016). The Specter of Neoliberalism: Thanatonomics and the Possibility of Trans-Individualism

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