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Weaponizing the Benign | How Israel weaponised tourism to strengthen its...

  Among the different forms of tourism peddled by the Israeli state, war tourism has seen a remarkable expansion in recent years, and today represents a key occupation-strengthening mechanism....

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An A to Z of Theory | Hakim Bey: Capitalism, the State, and the Spectacle

In the previous essay, I examined Hakim Bey’s theories of alienation and the state. Completing the examination of Bey’s analysis of the dominant system, this fifth of sixteen columns examines Bey’s...

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An A to Z of Theory | Hakim Bey: The Temporary Autonomous Zone

Counterculture guru Hakim Bey is best-known for his concept of TAZ – the Temporary Autonomous Zone. Previous columns have reconstructed Bey’s immanent ontology and his critiques of capitalism and the...

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Reflections | Lethal Scripts: The Far Right’s narratives and the New Zealand...

In the wake of the Terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand a few days ago, I shall attempt to locate the main themes and tropes of Far, or extreme, Right narratives in Europe...

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An A to Z of Theory | Hakim Bey: The Pessimism of Autonomy

“OUTSKIRTS” by atelier olschinsky is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Hakim Bey’s theoretical creativity did not end with the publication of TAZ, and he has continued to produce new contributions for...

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An A to Z of Theory | Hakim Bey: Strategies of Resistance

“Nothing is ugly or beautiful if no one is watching it” — Javier A. Bedrina (Photo credit: Javier A. Bedrina/Creative Commons) Hakim Bey’s general strategic perspectives, such as the TAZ, are...

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In Theory | Anti-Lockdown Theory: In defence of Giorgio Agamben

‘Empty’ (Eirik Solheim, licensed under Creative Commons) With a new virus sweeping the world, the media in panic mode, and states reacting with draconian lockdowns, the coordinates of the social world...

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In Theory | Anti-Lockdown Theory: Stop Securitisation!

(‘Lockdown 4’, Ian Southwell/licensed under Creative Commons) Global lockdown is finally giving way to a period of economic crash and social unrest. Yet the state response to the outpouring of...

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Reflections | Body, Language, Resistance: the Unfinished Song of Bobby Sands

On the fortieth anniversary of the death of the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Bobby Sands (5 May, 1981) and, at a time when renewed conflict in Northern Ireland, and the impact of Brexit, suggest...

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Passing for Normal | Elevation

“There is a part of everything that is unexplored” — Gustave Flaubert Over several months during lockdown, I became increasingly aware of an urge to be able to see over the hedge of my back garden and...

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