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After graduating in History and Politics from Queen Mary College, London I completed my doctorate, which examined Peter Kropotkin’s theory of mutual aid, at Nuffield College, Oxford. I came to the Department in 1992. My research interests are in the history of ideas and political theory and I contribute to courses on political theory and options on anti-capitalism, protest and resistance.
I have published on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century socialism, on contemporary anarchist thought, the relationship between anarchism and Marxism, utopianism, art and politics and political violence and terrorism. I am interested in recovering neglected traditions in socialist thought and the relationship between radical politics and avant-garde art, in examining the fluidity of political ideas and the processes of ideological formation. I have published two books, edited a three-volume collection on terrorism and co-edited (with Laurence Davis) a volume on anarchism and utopianism. My work has been published a range of major journals in the history of ideas including the History of Political Thought, Journal of Political Ideologies, History of European Ideas, European Journal of Political Theory and the International Review of Social History.
I am currently completing a research companion on anarchism, to be published by Continuum, and working on a study of Kropotkin’s political thought.
With my colleagues Dave Berry and Alex Christoyannopoulos, I am a co-ordinator of the Anarchism Research Group. I am the editor of Anarchist Studies, a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of William Morris Studies and Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. I am a member of the William Morris Society , the British Association for Victorian Studies, the Utopian Studies Society, the Association for Political Theory , the Political Studies Association (PSA), and member and co-founder the Anarchist Studies Network, a specialist group of the PSA. I have been a participant on BBC Radio 4’s Ideas in Our Time on Anarchism and BBC Radio 3’s Nightwaves.
I am currently working with Osama Abu-Irshaid, Cris Illiopoulos, Sureyyya Turkeli, and James Donaghey.
If you would like to discuss proposals for research in any of the areas of interest described above, please email me.
‘The Mirror of Anarchy: The Stirnerism of J.H. Mackay and Dora Marsden’, in Saul Newman (ed.) Max Stirner, (Palgrave Macmillan), 2011, pp. 42-63.
‘Politics and Ideology in Utopia: A Defence of Eutopian Thinking’, Journal of Political Ideologies, 16 (3), October 2011, 279-294
‘Guy Aldred: Rebel With A Cause’, Berfrois, October 2011
‘Guy Aldred: Bridging the Gap Between Marxism and Anarchism’, Journal of Political Ideologies, 16 (1) February 2011, pp. 97-114.
Che cos’è l’anarchia: La guida essenziale alla teoria della libertà, translated by Marco del Freo, (Rome: Castelvecchi, 2010).
‘The Limits of the Soul of Man Under Socialism’, The Oscholars special issue on The Soul of Man: Oscar Wilde and Socialism, Spring 2010 available here.
‘Time and Utopia: the gap between Morris and Bax’, Journal of William Morris Studies XVIII (4) Summer 2010, pp. 36-47
‘Morris and the Democratization of Art’ in Wendy Parkins (ed.), William Morris and the Art of Everyday Life (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2010)
Anarchism and Utopianism, ed. with Laurence Davis (Manchester University Press, 2009) –Click here to access the review in the European Review of History.
‘Anarchism and the Politics of Utopia’ in Kinna & Davis (eds) Anarchism and Utopianism (Manchester University Press: Manchester), 2009
A Beginner’s Guide to Anarchism 2nd edn. (Oneworld, 2009)
‘Anarchism: Past, Present and Utopia’ with Alex Prichard, in Amster, DeLeon, Fernandez, Nocella & Shannon (eds.) Contemporary Anarchist Studies: An Introductory Anthology of Anarchy in the Academy (Routledge, 2009)
Continuum Companion to Anarchism, Continuum Books
‘Ideologies and Cognitive Orientations’, Elements of Protest, vol. 1 of Protest Cultures: A Companion, ed. Kathrin Fahenbrach, Martin Klimke and Joachim Scharloth, Berghahn Books.
Libertarian Socialism, co-edited with Alex Prichard, Dave Berry and Saku Pinta (Palgrave).
‘Anarchism, Individualism and Communism: William Morris’s Critique of Anarcho-Communism’ (contribution to collection Libertarian Socialism)
Preface to Anarchist Economics, ed. Deric Shannon (AK Press, January 2012).
‘Guy Aldred: Theorising Revolutionary Action’, Mayday
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