Benjamin Noys Explained

Benjamin Noys
Birth Date:	1969
Occupation:	Professor of Critical Theory
Known For:	Coining the term accelerationism
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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.

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] 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

• 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

• Accelerationism
• Effective accelerationism
• Nick Land

References

1. Web site: Professor Benjamin Noys . 2024-07-24 . University of Chichester . en-GB.
2. Book: Noys, Benjamin . The persistence of the negative: a critique of contemporary continental theory . 2010 . Edinburgh Univ. Press . 978-0-7486-4904-4 . Edinburgh.
3. Web site: NewStatesman . 2016-08-05 . What is accelerationism? . 2024-07-28 . New Statesman . en-US.
4. News: Beckett . Andy . 2017-05-11 . Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in . 2024-07-24 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
5. Barker . Jason . 2016-04-02 . Slow Down: on benjamin noys' critique of accelerationism . Angelaki . en . 21 . 2 . 227–235 . 10.1080/0969725X.2016.1182743 . 0969-725X.
6. Noys . Benjamin . 2018-11-02 . Arguments within English Theory: Accelerationism, Brexit and the Problem of 'Englishness' . Third Text . en . 32 . 5-6 . 586–592 . 10.1080/09528822.2018.1558645 . 0952-8822.
7. Web site: Beauchamp . Zack . 2019-11-11 . The extremist philosophy that's more violent than the alt-right and growing in popularity . 2024-07-24 . Vox . en-US.
8. Web site: 'There Is No Political Solution': Accelerationism in the White Power Movement . 2024-07-24 . Southern Poverty Law Center . en.
9. Book:
   1. accelerate#
   . 2019 . Urbanomic . 978-0-9575295-5-7 . Mackay . Robin . 3rd . Falmouth . Avanessian . Armen.
10. Web site: Baker-White . Emily . Who Is @BasedBeffJezos, The Leader Of The Tech Elite's 'E/Acc' Movement? . 2024-07-28 . Forbes . en.
11. Web site: Kuhn . Daniel . 2020-01-04 . Professor Ben Noys: What Crypto Sees in Accelerationism . 2024-07-28 . www.coindesk.com . en.