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Žižek's Pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Featherstone, M. (2021). Žižek's Pandemic. Cultural Politics, 17(1), 124-134. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-8797613

In the first part of this article on Žižek's recent book Pandemic! I show how he develops a political theology of the spirit through a discussion of social distancing. In this argument Žižek connects the idea of physical distance to the biblical stor... Read More about Žižek's Pandemic.

Viral Culture (2021)
Journal Article
Armitage, J., & Featherstone, M. (2021). Viral Culture. Cultural Politics, 17(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-8797445

Primal Crime: Visions of the Law and Its Transgression in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Cinema (2021)
Journal Article
Featherstone. (2021). Primal Crime: Visions of the Law and Its Transgression in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Cinema. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 49-67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-019-09632-5

In this paper I consider contemporary expressions of what Freud called the primal crime and collapse of paternal law through an exploration of the cinema of the Danish-American Director Nicolas Winding Refn. Introducing the paper I outline Freud’s th... Read More about Primal Crime: Visions of the Law and Its Transgression in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Cinema.

The Technical Delusion: Electronics, Power, Insanity (2021)
Journal Article
Featherstone, M. (2021). The Technical Delusion: Electronics, Power, Insanity. Emotion, Space and Society, 38, Article ARTN 100762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2020.100762