Nina Power Explained

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 (writer and Literary Editor at IM-1776 magazine^[6]) sued artist Luke Turner for defamation over a series of tweets by Turner. Power and Miller argued the tweets suggested they were both antisemitic.^[7] 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.^[8] The judge dismissed the claims of both parties in November 2023.

She was a senior editor of and columnist for the online magazine Compact until her resignation in July 2024.^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

Books

Authored books

• One Dimensional Woman (Winchester: Zero Books, 2009)
  • Translated into French as La Femme Unidimensionnelle by Nicolas Vieillescazes (Paris: Les Prairies Ordinaires, 2010).
  • Translated into Turkish as "Tek Boyutlu Kadin" by Özlem Kaya (Istanbul: Habitus Kitap, 2010).
  • Translated into German as "Die eindimensionale Frau" by Anna-Sophie Springer (Berlin: Merve, 2011).
  • Translated into Italian by Cecilia Savi as "La donna a una dimensione" (Rome: DeriveApprodi, 2011).
  • Translated into Spanish by Teresa Arijón as "La mujer unidimensional" (Buenos Aires: Cruce Casa Editora, 2016) .
  • Translated into Korean by SeongJun Kim as "Dodukmajeun Feminism" (Seoul: Editus, 2018).
• Platforms (Morbid Books, 2020)^[13]
• What Do Men Want? (UK: Penguin, 2021)^{[14] [15]}

Translated books

• (with Alberto Toscano), Alain Badiou, On Beckett. (London: Clinamen Press, 2003)

Film appearances

• Marx Reloaded, ZDF/Arte, April 2011.

External links

• Power's profile at the Guardian newspaper website
• Power's profile at Zero Books

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: Brown . David . 10 November 2023 . Twitter no place for debate, judge tells intellectuals. . . 19.
8. September 2021 . Nazi or Not? . . 18 . . 449 . 0142-6702.
9. Web site: Nina Power . Compact Magazine.
10. News: Cockburn . 5 July 2024 . House of Mouse wants Biden out . The Spectator.
11. 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.
12. 1808953933781684614 . compactmag_ . A Statement from COMPACT. . . 4 July 2024.
13. Web site: Reid . Michael . 2021-02-01 . Platforms – Nina Power . 2024-07-06 . Full Stop . en.
14. 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.
15. 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.