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Nina Power is an English writer and philosopher. She is a senior editor of and columnist for the online magazine Compact.[1] She has been noted for her anti-transgender views and links to the far right.[2][3][4]

Biography

Power received a PhD in philosophy from Middlesex University on the topic of humanism and antihumanism in postwar French philosophy, and also has an MA and BA in philosophy from the University of Warwick. She was a senior lecturer in philosophy at Roehampton University, and has taught at Middlesex, Orpington College, London College of Communication, Morley College. Power also worked as a tutor in critical writing in art and design at the Royal College of Art, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the British Philosophical Association.

She served as both editor and translator (with Alberto Toscano) of Alain Badiou's On Beckett.[5]

Some of the publications she regularly contributes to are The Telegraph and The Spectator.[6][7] She previously regularly contributed to The Wire and The Guardian.[8][9]

In 2015, she commissioned Bad Feelings by Arts Against Cuts, a collection of writing and 'set of materials for conflict and commonality' published by Book Works.[citation needed]

Political views

In May 2023, Power spoke at the National Conservatism Conference in London on the topic "After the Individual."[10]

Miller and Power v Turner

In November 2023, the High Court of Justice dismissed a libel claim brought by Power and Daniel Miller against artist Luke Turner.[11] Miller and Power sued over tweets made by Turner alleging that they had been engaged in an antisemitic campaign of harassment and abuse against him, with Turner filing a counterclaim in harassment.[12] The trial was heard from 3-11 October 2023 at the High Court by Mrs Justice Collins Rice.[11]

In the judgment handed down on 8 November 2023, Justice Collins Rice ruled that Miller and Power had failed to show serious harm caused by the publications complained of.[13] The court's decision found an "objectively discernible undertow of menace" in the treatment of Turner by Power and Miller, and that Turner had reason to fear for his safety. The judge found that they had targeted Turner with the "full lexicon of Twitter trolling" including the "whiff of threat and antisemitism", ruling that their conduct amounted to "bullying" and was "aggressive, in register, language and imagery", but that it fell short of quasi-criminal conduct for the tort of harassment.[12][14]

On 23 November 2023, Miller and Power were ordered to pay 80% of Turner's legal costs for both the libel and harassment claims, including an interim payment of £250,000.[15] On 1 July 2024, Power was declared bankrupt following the costs order against her.[16]

Books

Authored books

  • One-Dimensional Woman (Winchester: Zero Books, 2009).
    • Translated into French as La Femme Unidimensionnelle by Nicolas Vieillescazes (Paris: Les Prairies Ordinaires, 2010).
    • Translated into Turkish as "Tek Boyutlu Kadin" by Özlem Kaya (Istanbul: Habitus Kitap, 2010).
    • Translated into German as "Die eindimensionale Frau" by Anna-Sophie Springer (Berlin: Merve, 2011).
    • Translated into Italian by Cecilia Savi as "La donna a una dimensione" (Rome: DeriveApprodi, 2011).
    • Translated into Spanish by Teresa Arijón as "La mujer unidimensional" (Buenos Aires: Cruce Casa Editora, 2016) ISBN 978-987-45637-5-0.
    • Translated into Korean by SeongJun Kim as "Dodukmajeun Feminism" (Seoul: Editus, 2018).
  • What Do Men Want? UK: Penguin, 2021.[17]

Translated books

  • (with Alberto Toscano), Alain Badiou, On Beckett. London: Clinamen Press, 2003.

Film appearances

References

  1. ^ "Nina Power". Compact Magazine.
  2. ^ Hurihanganui, Te Aniwa (10 November 2020). "Activist group calls out neo-Nazi symbols at Auckland art exhibition". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  3. ^ McAllister, Ana (29 November 2020). "First Clear the Weeds, then Plant". The Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. ^ Turner, Luke (2 July 2024), Nina Power
  5. ^ https://culturalstudies.ucsc.edu/2008/04/02/april-2-2008-alberto-toscano-nina-power-the-philosophy-of-the-restoration-badiou-on-revisionists-reactionaries-renegades/
  6. ^ "Nina Power". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Nina Power". The Spectator. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Nina Power". The Wire. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Nina Power". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Nina Power". National Conservatism Conference, UK 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  11. ^ a b Collins Rice, Rowena (8 November 2023), "Miller & Power v Turner" (PDF), Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
  12. ^ a b "Luke Turner successfully defends libel action in key freedom of expression case". Mishcon de Reya. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  13. ^ Bogle, S.; Lindsay, B. (24 March 2024). "How serious is the serious harm threshold?". SSRN. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Claims dismissed in libel and harassment 'art world' trial in Miller & Power v Turner". Matrix Chambers. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  15. ^ "High Court Order QB–2019–003691" (PDF). 23 November 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Individual Insolvency Register, Nina Power". The Insolvency Service. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  17. ^ POWER, NINA. (2021). WHAT DO MEN WANT? : an inquiry into love, sex and power. [S.l.]: ALLEN LANE. ISBN 978-0-241-35650-0. OCLC 1224513235.
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