Nina Power Explained

Nina Power

Nina Power is an English writer and philosopher. She has formerly worked as a columnist and senior editor for the online magazine Compact.

Biography

Power received a PhD in philosophy from Middlesex University on the topic of humanism and antihumanism in postwar French philosophy, and also has an MA and BA in philosophy from the University of Warwick. She was a senior lecturer in philosophy at Roehampton University, and has taught at Middlesex, Orpington College, London College of Communication, Morley College. Power also worked as a tutor in critical writing in art and design at the Royal College of Art, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the British Philosophical Association.

She served as both editor and translator (with Alberto Toscano) of Alain Badiou's On Beckett.[1]

Some of the publications she regularly contributes to are The Telegraph and The Spectator.[2] [3] She previously regularly contributed to The Wire and The Guardian.[4] [5]

In 2015, she commissioned Bad Feelings by Arts Against Cuts, a collection of writing and 'set of materials for conflict and commonality' published by Book Works.

In 2019, Power and Daniel Miller (a writer and editor at dissident-right magazine IM-1776[6] [7]) sued artist Luke Turner for defamation over a series of tweets by Turner. Power and Miller argued the tweets suggested they were both antisemitic.[8] Turner said he was "in terror of the volume and virulence of online abuse directed towards him" from the controversy. Almost £30,000 was raised through a crowdfunder to support Power and Miller's legal action, titled "Targeted, harassed and falsely labelled a fascist". Turner countersued for harassment.[9] At trial, it emerged that Power had been writing anonymously for a far-right blog, Parallax Optics,[10] and had shared far-right conspiracy theories with Miller including the idea that black people and white people are different alien races.[11] The judge dismissed the claims of both parties in November 2023, and ordered Power and Miller to pay 80% of all Turner's court costs, with a first instalment of £250,000 due within a fortnight. Following this, Miller and Power were each declared bankrupt in February and July 2024 respectively.

Power was a senior editor of and columnist for the online magazine Compact until her resignation in July 2024.[12] [13] [14] [15]

Political views

In May 2023, Power spoke at the National Conservatism Conference in London on the topic "After the Individual."[16] Some of her works have argued for a "return to old values and virtues", especially as a response to a claimed masculinity crisis.[17] [18]

Books

Authored books

Translated books

Film appearances

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 3 July 2024 . 16 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240616231152/https://culturalstudies.ucsc.edu/2008/04/02/april-2-2008-alberto-toscano-nina-power-the-philosophy-of-the-restoration-badiou-on-revisionists-reactionaries-renegades/ . live .
  2. Web site: Nina Power . . 26 June 2024 . 5 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240305135527/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/n/nf-nj/nina-power/ . live .
  3. Web site: Nina Power . . 26 June 2024 . 15 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240415031229/https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/nina-power/ . live .
  4. Web site: Nina Power . . 26 June 2024 . 26 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240626124723/https://www.thewire.co.uk/about/contributors/nina-power . live .
  5. Web site: Nina Power . . 26 June 2024.
  6. Web site: About IM1776. 2024-08-18.
  7. News: Ron DeSantis ally Chris Rufo has close ties with ‘dissident right’ magazine . . 21 February 2024 .
  8. News: Brown . David . 10 November 2023 . Twitter no place for debate, judge tells intellectuals. . . 19.
  9. September 2021 . Nazi or Not? . . 18 . . 449 . 0142-6702.
  10. Web site: 14 August 2024 . Anti-Woke Druids and Radical Bards . Kaminski-Jones . Rhys . .
  11. September 2024 . Court Costs . . 21 . . 479 . 0142-6702.
  12. Web site: Nina Power . Compact Magazine.
  13. News: Cockburn . 5 July 2024 . House of Mouse wants Biden out . The Spectator.
  14. News: Last . Jonathan V . 5 July 2024 . The Supreme Court is protecting the president from you. It should be the other way around . The Bulwark.
  15. 1808953933781684614 . compactmag_ . A Statement from COMPACT. . . 4 July 2024.
  16. Web site: Nina Power . 2023-05-17 . National Conservatism Conference, UK 2023 . en . 17 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240317013208/https://nationalconservatism.org/natcon-uk-2023/presenters/nina-power/ . live .
  17. Web site: Venkitaraman . Abhay . 23 Nov 2023 . Activists protest Warwick event featuring gender-critical speaker . 2024-07-05 . The Boar . en-GB.
  18. News: Barekat . Houman . 2022-02-18 . What Do Men Want? by Nina Power review – a misguided defence of the male . 2024-07-06 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  19. Web site: Reid . Michael . 2021-02-01 . Platforms – Nina Power . 2024-07-06 . Full Stop . en.
  20. Book: POWER, NINA.. WHAT DO MEN WANT? : an inquiry into love, sex and power.. 2021. ALLEN LANE. 978-0-241-35650-0. [S.l.]. 1224513235. 3 February 2021. 3 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240703060600/https://search.worldcat.org/title/1224513235. live.
  21. News: Barekat . Houman . 2022-02-18 . What Do Men Want? by Nina Power review – a misguided defence of the male . 2024-07-06 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.

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