‘Brexit means Brexit’: On the Horror of the Other in (Neo)Liberal Britain
(2017)
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featherstone. (2017). ‘Brexit means Brexit’: On the Horror of the Other in (Neo)Liberal Britain. CTheory,
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Chaosmic Spasm (2017)
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Featherstone. (2017). Chaosmic Spasm. https://doi.org/10.5937/comman12-11501In this paper I explore the intersections of digital media, psychoanalysis, and the subject through reference to Felix Guattari's notion of the chaosmic spasm, which the Italian philosopher Franco Berardi picks up in his work and most recently his bo... Read More about Chaosmic Spasm.
Trump, A Psy Fi Story: On American Germanicity (2016)
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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)
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Featherstone. (2016). The Specter of Neoliberalism: Thanatonomics and the Possibility of Trans-Individualism
Luxus: A Thanatology of Luxury from Nero to Bataille (2016)
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Featherstone. (2016). Luxus: A Thanatology of Luxury from Nero to Bataille. Cultural Politics, 66-82. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-3436391In 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 Politics of the Academic Agora (2016)
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Featherstone. (2016). The Politics of the Academic AgoraNo abstract
The Specter of Neoliberalism: Thanatonomics and the Possibility of Trans-Individualism (2016)
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Featherstone. (2016). The Specter of Neoliberalism: Thanatonomics and the Possibility of Trans-IndividualismNo abstract
The Negative Abyss Surface, Depth, and Violence in Virilio and Stiegler (2015)
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Featherstone. (2015). The Negative Abyss Surface, Depth, and Violence in Virilio and Stiegler. Cultural Politics, 210-221. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-2895771This article explores what one might call the dystopia of contemporary screen-based culture through a discussion of the work of Paul Virilio and Bernard Stiegler. Centrally, it explains that the screen might be seen as a negative abyss, where absolut... Read More about The Negative Abyss Surface, Depth, and Violence in Virilio and Stiegler.
Utopias: An Introduction (2014)
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Featherstone, M., & Miles, M. (2014). Utopias: An Introduction. Cultural Politics, 10(2), 125-131
Chinese Bulimia: Utopia, Dystopia, and The Fat Years (2014)
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Featherstone. (2014). Chinese Bulimia: Utopia, Dystopia, and The Fat Years. Cultural Politics, 10(2), 182-193
La pesadilla de Einstein Sobre: la tecno-distopía en Bernard Stiegler (2014)
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Featherstone, M. (2014). La pesadilla de Einstein Sobre: la tecno-distopía en Bernard Stiegler. CTheory,En invierno de 2013, me hice consciente de la "pesadilla de Einstein", un meme de internet, un fragmento de información, que refleja el horror de lo que llamo en este artículo "distopía tecnológica". [1] El meme, titulado "La peor pesadilla de Einste... Read More about La pesadilla de Einstein Sobre: la tecno-distopía en Bernard Stiegler.
“Hoodie Horror”: The Capitalist Other in Postmodern Society (2013)
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Featherstone, M. (2013). “Hoodie Horror”: The Capitalist Other in Postmodern Society. Review of Education, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies, 35(3), 178-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/10714413.2013.799362
Being-in-Hull, Being-on-Bransholme: Socio-economic decline, regeneration and working-class experience on a peri-urban council estate (2013)
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Featherstone, M. (2013). Being-in-Hull, Being-on-Bransholme: Socio-economic decline, regeneration and working-class experience on a peri-urban council estate. City, 17(2), 179-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2013.765648The objective of this paper is to investigate the sociological and existential situation of the inhabitants of Bransholme, a peri-urban council estate on the northern edge of Hull, in the context of the current economic downturn and contemporary rege... Read More about Being-in-Hull, Being-on-Bransholme: Socio-economic decline, regeneration and working-class experience on a peri-urban council estate.
Coito ergo sum: Serbian sadism and global capitalism in A Serbian Film (2013)
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Featherstone, M. (2013). Coito ergo sum: Serbian sadism and global capitalism in A Serbian Film. Horror Studies, 4(1), 127-141. https://doi.org/10.1386/host.4.1.127_1
Einstein's Nightmare: On Bernard Stiegler's Techno-Dystopia (2013)
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Featherstone. (2013). Einstein's Nightmare: On Bernard Stiegler's Techno-Dystopia
“Even the Rats Don't Come Here” (2013)
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Featherstone, M. (2013). “Even the Rats Don't Come Here”. Cultural Politics, 9(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-1907145
Discourses of the War on Terror: Constructions of the Islamic Other in the wake of 7/7 (2010)
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Featherstone, M., Poole, E., & Holohan, S. (2010). Discourses of the War on Terror: Constructions of the Islamic Other in the wake of 7/7. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 6(2), 169-186. https://doi.org/10.1386/mcp.6.2.169_1It is widely agreed that the events which took place on 11 September 2001 have played a large part in reshaping global imaginings about contemporary acts of terrorism and their Islamic perpetrators. Given this transformation in the understanding of t... Read More about Discourses of the War on Terror: Constructions of the Islamic Other in the wake of 7/7.
The Specter of Neoliberalism: Thanatonomics and the Possibility of Trans-Individualism
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Featherstone, M. The Specter of Neoliberalism: Thanatonomics and the Possibility of Trans-Individualism