Hannah Richter
@hannahrichter.bsky.social
Political theorist at Uni Sussex, Editor-in-chief of Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory.
Critical thought, ecology, weird systems theory.
Critical thought, ecology, weird systems theory.
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I wrote a short, open-access account of how the High Court ended up accepting the UK govt's argument that protecting "international peace and security" means arming genocide in Palestine: please read and share - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
When ‘Peace and Security’ Means Arming Genocide
On 30 June 2025, the High Court refused a judicial review of UK arms export policy towards Israel. This article examines the government's claims in the case and the judges’ ruling, arguing that the l...
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August 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I wrote a short, open-access account of how the High Court ended up accepting the UK govt's argument that protecting "international peace and security" means arming genocide in Palestine: please read and share - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New issue of Distinktion is out! This one is all about theorising the political present - with papers on the fascist uses of conspiracy theories, identity, hegemony and cities as anti-utopian blueprints www.tandfonline.com/toc/rdis20/2...
Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory
Volume 26, Issue 2 of Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory
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July 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New issue of Distinktion is out! This one is all about theorising the political present - with papers on the fascist uses of conspiracy theories, identity, hegemony and cities as anti-utopian blueprints www.tandfonline.com/toc/rdis20/2...
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Very excited to see the first paper of our forthcoming special isdue on the intersections of neoliberalism and fascism out! Lloyd Cox and Brendon O'Connor argue that Trumpism is a 'proto-fascism' in whose emergence neoliberalism has been heavily implicated. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Trumpism, fascism and neoliberalism
The recent US presidential election has re-energised a debate about Trumpism and fascism that has been percolating since 2015. This debate has unfolded in stark binary terms of presence or absence....
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March 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Very excited to see the first paper of our forthcoming special isdue on the intersections of neoliberalism and fascism out! Lloyd Cox and Brendon O'Connor argue that Trumpism is a 'proto-fascism' in whose emergence neoliberalism has been heavily implicated. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Fantastic last day also for our 2nd workshop International Political Sociologies of Planetary Crises organized by @nfgaeckle.bsky.social & @kawezel.bsky.social
Big thank you to our discussants @hannahrichter.bsky.social, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social & @gloknos.bsky.social for an engaging roundtable!
Big thank you to our discussants @hannahrichter.bsky.social, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social & @gloknos.bsky.social for an engaging roundtable!
March 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Fantastic last day also for our 2nd workshop International Political Sociologies of Planetary Crises organized by @nfgaeckle.bsky.social & @kawezel.bsky.social
Big thank you to our discussants @hannahrichter.bsky.social, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social & @gloknos.bsky.social for an engaging roundtable!
Big thank you to our discussants @hannahrichter.bsky.social, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social & @gloknos.bsky.social for an engaging roundtable!
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And @mflohr.bsky.social recovers Marx's highly original theory of democracy and constituent power www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond political theology: Marx’s materialist theorization of democracy and constituent power
This article recovers and develops Marx’s highly original materialist theorization of democracy and constituent power in Critique of Hegel’s Doctrine of State. Through close textual analysis and th...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
And @mflohr.bsky.social recovers Marx's highly original theory of democracy and constituent power www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Luca Mavelli argues that Foucault's 'impure' critique of neoliberalism tells us something about the symbiotic entanglements particular to the neoliberal regime of truth www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Symbiotic neoliberalism: Foucault and the impure critique of neoliberalism
This article brings together two distinct research trajectories – the growing characterization of neoliberalism as a monster and the recent debate on whether Foucault was a neoliberal – to investig...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Luca Mavelli argues that Foucault's 'impure' critique of neoliberalism tells us something about the symbiotic entanglements particular to the neoliberal regime of truth www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Also in the new issue, @timchristiaens.bsky.social uses Castoriadis' early work to develop an agonistic theory of work at amazon's Mechanical Turk www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cornelius Castoriadis’ agonistic theory of the future of work at Amazon Mechanical Turk
Digital innovations are rapidly changing the contemporary workplace. Big Tech companies marketing algorithmic management increasingly decide on the Future of Work. Political responses, however, oft...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Also in the new issue, @timchristiaens.bsky.social uses Castoriadis' early work to develop an agonistic theory of work at amazon's Mechanical Turk www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In our new issue, @alexdobeson.bsky.social @toteraltermann.bsky.social and Saskia Brill develop a field guide to the most salient forms of contemporary capitalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sorting out economic forms: a field guide to contemporary capitalism
A series of recent works have put forward a post-commodification understanding of the contemporary economy as based on one central economic form. While this approach allows us to conceptualize the ...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
In our new issue, @alexdobeson.bsky.social @toteraltermann.bsky.social and Saskia Brill develop a field guide to the most salient forms of contemporary capitalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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@islates.bsky.social and @mohanjdutt.bsky.social use Lacanian theory to rethink control and resistance in platform work www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The algorithmic big Other: using Lacanian theory to rethink control and resistance in platform work
Despite burgeoning literature on platform work, there has been a lack of scholarship which carefully considers what we mean by the terms control and (particularly) resistance in the context of algo...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
@islates.bsky.social and @mohanjdutt.bsky.social use Lacanian theory to rethink control and resistance in platform work www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New Issue of Distinktion is out! 💥This one has a focus on contemporary capitalism, desire and algorithmic governance www.tandfonline.com/toc/rdis20/c...
Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory
Volume 26, Issue 1 of Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory
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March 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
New Issue of Distinktion is out! 💥This one has a focus on contemporary capitalism, desire and algorithmic governance www.tandfonline.com/toc/rdis20/c...
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If this goes through, it’s another huge loss to philosophy and UK HE. Kingston is home to The Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP), the Iris Murdoch Archive, and more.
Today's university in crisis is Kingston, which is cutting all the departments and subjects below, a savage retrenchment that won't even make them half of the £20m savings they need. Every day will be like this until something is done.
March 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If this goes through, it’s another huge loss to philosophy and UK HE. Kingston is home to The Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP), the Iris Murdoch Archive, and more.
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Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate?
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University announces new scholarships for Palestinian students
These scholarships will provide fully-funded support for two Palestinian students, with a particular focus on those impacted by the conflict in Gaza
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February 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate?
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
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Call for Papers: @kawezel.bsky.social and myself are organizing an early career workshop on 'International Political Sociologies of Planetary Crises' - please send us your abstracts and share widely!
December 17, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Call for Papers: @kawezel.bsky.social and myself are organizing an early career workshop on 'International Political Sociologies of Planetary Crises' - please send us your abstracts and share widely!
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Very excited for this workshop in collaboration with @nfgaeckle.bsky.social, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social and @hannahrichter.bsky.social. Feel free to share with PhDs and early careers.
Call for Papers: @kawezel.bsky.social and myself are organizing an early career workshop on 'International Political Sociologies of Planetary Crises' - please send us your abstracts and share widely!
December 17, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Very excited for this workshop in collaboration with @nfgaeckle.bsky.social, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social and @hannahrichter.bsky.social. Feel free to share with PhDs and early careers.
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Stuart Hall PhD scholarship at Sussex:
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Stuart Hall Foundation University of Sussex PGR Studentship : University of Sussex
PhD Scholarship, Stuart Hall Foundation University of Sussex Postgraduate Research Studentship
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November 27, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Stuart Hall PhD scholarship at Sussex:
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www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
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New issue of Distinktion is out! With a fantastic special section on Lukács and the Critique of Capitalism, including papers by Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social, Timothy Bewes and Arthur Bueno, www.tandfonline.com/toc/rdis20/c...
Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory
Volume 25, Issue 3 of Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory
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November 26, 2024 at 8:35 AM
New issue of Distinktion is out! With a fantastic special section on Lukács and the Critique of Capitalism, including papers by Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social, Timothy Bewes and Arthur Bueno, www.tandfonline.com/toc/rdis20/c...
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Well, political theory starter pack got large.
Here's a followup.
Please let me know if I have missed you; it's been a busy week.
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Here's a followup.
Please let me know if I have missed you; it's been a busy week.
go.bsky.app/KSQkYRp
November 14, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Well, political theory starter pack got large.
Here's a followup.
Please let me know if I have missed you; it's been a busy week.
go.bsky.app/KSQkYRp
Here's a followup.
Please let me know if I have missed you; it's been a busy week.
go.bsky.app/KSQkYRp
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New Distinktion issue (25:2) is out! It is a special issue on "Forms of Theorizing" that explores how, from which building blocks, and to what end we make social theory - individually or collectively.
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Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory
Explore the current issue of Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, Volume 25, Issue 2, 2024
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November 20, 2024 at 6:55 PM
New Distinktion issue (25:2) is out! It is a special issue on "Forms of Theorizing" that explores how, from which building blocks, and to what end we make social theory - individually or collectively.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rdis20/c...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rdis20/c...
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And last but certainly not least: Ryan Gunderson and William Charles on Georges Gurvitch, the technicization of knowledge, neoliberalism and nudge:
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November 20, 2024 at 6:55 PM
And last but certainly not least: Ryan Gunderson and William Charles on Georges Gurvitch, the technicization of knowledge, neoliberalism and nudge:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Tobias Schlechtriemen on social figures as elements of sociological theorizing (part of our brilliant forthcoming special issue on social theorizing):
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November 20, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Tobias Schlechtriemen on social figures as elements of sociological theorizing (part of our brilliant forthcoming special issue on social theorizing):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New articles out as OnlineFirst!
Sebastiaan Bierema on anti-utopian blueprints, populism and Müller's uncertain city:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sebastiaan Bierema on anti-utopian blueprints, populism and Müller's uncertain city:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 20, 2024 at 6:55 PM
New articles out as OnlineFirst!
Sebastiaan Bierema on anti-utopian blueprints, populism and Müller's uncertain city:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sebastiaan Bierema on anti-utopian blueprints, populism and Müller's uncertain city:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Distinktion is now on bluesky! Follow for updates on new papers, issues and all things critical social theory!
November 20, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Distinktion is now on bluesky! Follow for updates on new papers, issues and all things critical social theory!
To accompany my recently published book I wrote a little blog post on the relevance of reading Deleuze and Luhmann together in the political present sunypress.edu/Blog/2023/It...
December 4, 2023 at 4:34 PM
To accompany my recently published book I wrote a little blog post on the relevance of reading Deleuze and Luhmann together in the political present sunypress.edu/Blog/2023/It...
Sussex has 2x fully funded Stuart Hall Foundation PhD fellowships available to Black British candidates starting next September - applications from critical theorists welcome! Get in touch with me or one of my Politics/IR colleagues if you're interested www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
November 14, 2023 at 5:55 PM
Sussex has 2x fully funded Stuart Hall Foundation PhD fellowships available to Black British candidates starting next September - applications from critical theorists welcome! Get in touch with me or one of my Politics/IR colleagues if you're interested www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...