Benjamin Noys
Benjamin Noys | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 |
| Occupation | Professor of Critical Theory |
| Known for | Coining the term accelerationism |
Benjamin Noys is a professor of critical theory at the University of Chichester[1] and the theorist who coined the term accelerationism within cultural ideology.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Benjamin Noys completed a BSc at Brunel University and both MA and DPhil from Sussex University.[1]
Career
[edit]Noys is an academic critical theorist who is best known for borrowing the term accelerationism from the science fiction author Roger Zelazny and developing it within cultural and intellectual contexts.[4][2] While a critic of accelerationalism,[5] this theory is used by many far-left[6] and far-right[7][8] extremists to justify speeding up societal changes to break the current system and allow society to rebuild in a post-capitalistic world.[9]
Noys has also been a critic of cryptocurrency, which has been linked to accelerationism.[10][11]
Books
[edit]- Georges Bataille: A Critical Introduction (Pluto Press, 2000)
- Persistence of the Negative: A Critique of Contemporary Continental Theory (Edinburgh University Press, 2010)
- Malign Velocities (Zer0 Books, 2014)
- The Matter of Language: Abstraction and Poetry (Seagull Books, 2023)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Professor Benjamin Noys". University of Chichester. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ a b Noys, Benjamin (2010). The persistence of the negative: a critique of contemporary continental theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-4904-4.
- ^ NewStatesman (2016-08-05). "What is accelerationism?". New Statesman. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ Beckett, Andy (2017-05-11). "Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Barker, Jason (2016-04-02). "Slow Down: on benjamin noys' critique of accelerationism". Angelaki. 21 (2): 227–235. doi:10.1080/0969725X.2016.1182743. ISSN 0969-725X.
- ^ Noys, Benjamin (2018-11-02). "Arguments within English Theory: Accelerationism, Brexit and the Problem of 'Englishness'". Third Text. 32 (5–6): 586–592. doi:10.1080/09528822.2018.1558645. ISSN 0952-8822.
- ^ Beauchamp, Zack (2019-11-11). "The extremist philosophy that's more violent than the alt-right and growing in popularity". Vox. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "'There Is No Political Solution': Accelerationism in the White Power Movement". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Mackay, Robin; Avanessian, Armen, eds. (2019). #accelerate# (3rd ed.). Falmouth: Urbanomic. ISBN 978-0-9575295-5-7.
- ^ Baker-White, Emily. "Who Is @BasedBeffJezos, The Leader Of The Tech Elite's 'E/Acc' Movement?". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ Kuhn, Daniel (2020-01-04). "Professor Ben Noys: What Crypto Sees in Accelerationism". www.coindesk.com. Retrieved 2024-07-28.