Benjamin Noys

Benjamin Noys
Born1969
OccupationProfessor of Critical Theory
Known forCoining 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

Benjamin Noys completed a BSc at Brunel University and both MA and DPhil from Sussex University.[1]

Career

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Professor Benjamin Noys". University of Chichester. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ NewStatesman (2016-08-05). "What is accelerationism?". New Statesman. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "'There Is No Political Solution': Accelerationism in the White Power Movement". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  9. ^ Mackay, Robin; Avanessian, Armen, eds. (2019). #accelerate# (3rd ed.). Falmouth: Urbanomic. ISBN 978-0-9575295-5-7.
  10. ^ Baker-White, Emily. "Who Is @BasedBeffJezos, The Leader Of The Tech Elite's 'E/Acc' Movement?". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  11. ^ Kuhn, Daniel (2020-01-04). "Professor Ben Noys: What Crypto Sees in Accelerationism". www.coindesk.com. Retrieved 2024-07-28.