Professor Benjamin Noys
Professor of Critical Theory
About
Benjamin Noys is Professor of Critical Theory and coordinator of the MA English Literature.
His research focuses on critical and literary theory, with particular interest in the avant-garde, film, and the cultural politics of theory.
Research
Professor Noys’ research interests include:
- Critical theory
- Literary theory
- Psychoanalysis
- American literature
- Film
- The avant-garde
- Art and art practice
- Modern and contemporary poetry
- Cultural politics.
He is External Affiliate of the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought, Goldsmiths, University of London, contributing editor of Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, a member of the advisory editorial board of聽Film-Philosophy, and a corresponding editor of聽Historical Materialism.
He is currently completing a book on contemporary politics and developing a future project on neurosis.
Teaching
Professor Noys teaches on the following undergraduate modules:
- ENL 103 Strategies for Reading
- ENL 108 Critical Perspectives
- ENL 218 Postcolonial Readings
- ENL 324 Psychoanalysis and Culture
He is also the Coordinator for the MA English Literature courses, and teaches on:
- MAEN01 Literature in the Present Moment
- MAEN03 Visions of the Real
- MAEN04 Activating Research
He is also the coordinator for the MA dissertations.
PhD Supervision
Professor Noys is a qualified PhD Supervisor with successful supervisions on the visual and textual politics of pornography and the archiving of digital art.
He is looking to supervise in the areas of contemporary critical and cultural theory, film, psychoanalysis, the avant-garde, and the intersections of literature and theory.
Key Publications
His recent work includes the books The Persistence of the Negative (Edinburgh University Press 2010) and Malign Velocities: Accelerationism and Capitalism (Zero Books 2014), both dealing with the state of contemporary theory.
Recent and forthcoming articles and chapters include 鈥楬appy like Neurotics: Roland Barthes, Ben Lerner, and the Neurosis of Writing鈥�, College Literature 45.1 (2018), 鈥楳atter against Materialism: Bruno Latour and the Turn to Objects鈥�, in Theory Matters: The Place of Theory in Literary and Cultural Studies Today (2016), and pieces on drones, libidinal economy, intoxication and accelerationism, the ontologies of life, American literature, and the philosophy of art.
Selected publications
- Malign Velocities: Accelerationism and Capitalism (Zero Books, 2014)
- The Persistence of the Negative (Edinburgh University Press, 2010)
- The Culture of Death (Berg 2005)
- Georges Bataille: A Critical Introduction (Pluto 2000)
Qualifications
- BSc (Brunel University)
- MA (Sussex University)
- DPhil (Sussex University)
Research Output
Articles
Noys, B. (2023) South Atlantic Quarterly, 123 (1). ISSN 0038-2876 (In Press)
Noys, B. (2022) South Atlantic Quarterly, 121 (4). pp. 675-691. ISSN 0038-2876
Noys, B. (2021) Historical Materialism, 29 (1). pp. 134-150. ISSN 1569-206X
Noys, B. (2020) The Coils of the Serpent, 6. pp. 61-67. ISSN 2510-3059 5-qucosa2-728549
Noys, B. (2020) Australian Humanities Review (66). ISSN 1325-8338
Noys, B. (2019) Mediations, 33 (1-2). pp. 159-166. ISSN 1942-2458
Noys, B. (2019) CounterText, 5 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 2056-4406
Noys, B. (2019) Third Text, 32 (6). pp. 586-592. ISSN 0952-8822
Noys, B. (2018) Historical Materialism, 26 (1). pp. 165-174. ISSN 1569-206X
Noys, B. (2018) Problemi, 2 (2). pp. 279-296. ISSN 0555-2419
Noys, B. (2018) College Literature, 45 (2). pp. 222-245. ISSN 1542-4286
Noys, B. (2017) Journal for Cultural Research, 21 (4). pp. 295-308. ISSN 1479-7585
Noys, B. (2016) the minnesota review, 2016 (87). ISSN 0026-5667
Noys, B. (2016) Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture, 49 (2). pp. 231-253. ISSN 0016-6928
Noys, B. (2015) CounterText, 1 (2). pp. 169-185. ISSN 2056-4406
Noys, B. (2015) CounterText, 1 (2). pp. 169-185. ISSN 2056-4406
Noys, B. (2015) Culture Machine, 16. pp. 1-22. ISSN 1465-4121
Noys, B. (2014) Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, 19 (1). pp. 171-185. ISSN 0969-725X
Noys, B. (2013) Grey Room, 52. pp. 94-107. ISSN 1526-3819
Noys, B. (2013) Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, 10 (2). pp. 83-92. ISSN 1857- 8616
Noys, B. (2012) International Journal of Baudrillard Studies, 9 (3). ISSN 1705-6411
Noys, B., Lemm, V., Vatter, M. and Chirolla, G. (2012) Revista de Estudios Sociales, 43. pp. 166-173. ISSN 1900-5180
Noys, B. (2012) Stasis, 1. pp. 140-155. 9785943801730
Noys, B. (2011) Fata Morgana, 13.
Noys, B. (2011) Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies, 4. pp. 45-60. ISSN 2040-8498
Noys, B. (2010) International Journal of Zizek Studies, 4 (4). ISSN 1751-8229
Noys, B. (2009) Third Text, 23 (4). pp. 383-392. ISSN 1475-5297
Noys, B. (2008) Anarchist Studies, 16 (2). pp. 107-120. ISSN 0967-3393
Noys, B. (2008) Theory, Culture & Society, 25 (5). pp. 104-122. ISSN 1460-3616
Noys, B. (2008) International Journal of Baudrillard Studies, 5 (1). ISSN 1705-6411
Noys, B. (2007) Journal of European Studies, 37 (4). pp. 391-406. ISSN 0047-2441
Noys, B. (2007) Film-Philosophy Journal, 11 (3). pp. 38-51. ISSN 1466-4615
Noys, B. (2007) Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 24 (5). pp. 395-402. ISSN 1050-9208
Noys, B. (2005) European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling, 7 (3). pp. 125-136. ISSN 1364-2537
Noys, B. (2005) Image & Narrative: Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative, 6 (2 (12)). ISSN 1780-678X
Noys, B. (2003) Communication & Cognition, 36 (1&2). pp. 31-44. ISSN 0378-0880
Noys, B. (2002) Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, 7 (2). pp. 51-59. ISSN 0969-725X
Noys, B. (2002) Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice, 6 (3). pp. 305-318. ISSN 1364-2529
Noys, B. (1998) Cultural Values, 2 (4). pp. 499-517. ISSN 1479-7585
Noys, B. (1997) Theory, Culture & Society, 14 (1). pp. 59-75. ISSN 1460-3616
Noys, B. (1995) Popular Music, 14 (3). pp. 321-331. ISSN 0261-1430
Book Sections
Noys, B. (2023) In: Reaction Formations: The Subject of Ethnonationalism. Berkley Forum in Humanities . Fordham University Press, New York, pp. 241-262. ISBN 9781531503147
Noys, B. (2022) In: Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, London, pp. 1-18. ISBN 9783030426811
Noys, B. (2020) In: The Object of Comedy: Philosophies and Performances. Performance philosophy . Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 145-162. ISBN 9783030277413
Noys, B. (2020) In: The Value of Critique: Exploring the Interrelations of Value, Critique, and Artistic Labour. University of Chicago Press: Campus Verlag, Chicago, IL, pp. 31-43. ISBN 9783593510101
Noys, B. (2018) In: History, Imperialism, Critique: New Essays in World Literature. Routledge, London, pp. 205-220. ISBN 9781138217508
Noys, B. (2018) In: The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 235-250. ISBN 9781107171411
Noys, B. (2017) In: Credo Credit Crisis. Rowman & Littlefield, London, pp. 169-184. ISBN 9781783483815
Noys, B. (2016) In: Theory Matters: The Place of Theory in Literary and Cultural Studies Today. Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 81-93. ISBN 978-1-137-47427-8
Noys, B. (2016) In: Como se forma un sujeto politico? Universidad de Los Andes Press, Bogota, Columbia, pp. 199-212. ISBN 9789587743616
Noys, B. (2015) In: Literature and Intoxication: Writing, Politics and the Experience of Excess. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 185-201. ISBN 9781137487650
Noys, B. (2015) In: The Anomie of the Earth: Philosophy, Politics, and Autonomy in Europe and the Americas. Duke University Press, London, UK, pp. 174-191. ISBN 9780822359210
Noys, B. (2015) In: Repeating 沤i啪ek. Sic . Duke University Press, pp. 72-83. ISBN 9780822359050
Noys, B. (2015) In: Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Literature. Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 175-189. ISBN 9781472529633
Noys, B. (2014) In: (Mis)readings of Marx in Continental Philosophy. Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 195-210. ISBN 9781137352828
Noys, B. (2014) In: States of Crisis and Post-Capitalist Scenarios. Ashgate, Farnham, pp. 73-85. ISBN 9781409461890
Noys, B. (2014) In: Cinema and Agamben: Ethics, Politics and the Moving Image. Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 89-101. ISBN 9781623561253
Noys, B. (2013) In: Violence and the Limits of Representation. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9781137296894
Noys, B. (2012) In: The Cinema of Michael Haneke: Europe Utopia. Directors' Cuts (Wallflower Press) . Columbia University Press, pp. 141-150. ISBN 9781906660307
Noys, B. (2011) In: Crime Cultures: Figuring Criminality in Fiction and Film. Continuum Literary Studies . Bloomsbury, London, UK, p. 36. ISBN 9780826432353
Noys, B. (2010) In: Hideous Gnosis: Black Metal Theory Symposium 1. Glossator: Black Metal Theory, Lexington, pp. 105-128. ISBN 9781450572163
Noys, B. (1998) In: Les Lieux Interdits: Transgression and French Literature. Hull Academic Press, pp. 307-323. ISBN 9780859586726
Conference or Workshop Items
Noys, B. (2013) In: Accelerationism 鈥� A Symposium on Tendencies in Capitalism, 14 Dec 2013, Berlin. (Unpublished)
Noys, B. (2013) In: Brute Symposium, 3 May 2013, Centre for Creative Collaboration, London. (Unpublished)
Noys, B. (2013) In: The White Ribbon, Screening and Discussion, 15 April 2013, University of Sussex. (Unpublished)
Noys, B. (2012) In: Historical Materialism Ninth Annual Conference, 8-11 Nov 2012, SOAS, London. (Unpublished)
Noys, B. (2011) In: Spaces of capital, moments of struggle: Historical Materialism Eighth Annual Conference, 10-13 Nov 2011, SOAS, London. (Submitted)
Noys, B. (2011) In: New Directions in Critical Theory symposium, 鈥楧angerous Ideas: Rethinking the Politics of Critique鈥�, 11 Oct 2011, University of Brighton. (Unpublished)
Books
Noys, B. (2023) Historical Materialism Books Series, 307 (218). Brill. ISBN 9789004689558
Noys, B. (2023) Seagull, Chicago, IL. USA. ISBN 9781803090740
Noys, B. and Toscano, A. (2023) The French List . Seagull Books. ISBN 9781803090603
Noys, B. (2014) Zero Books, Winchester. ISBN 9781782793007
Noys, B. (2011) Minor Compositions, Brooklyn, New York. ISBN 9781570272318
Noys, B. (2010) Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748638635 9780748638635
Noys, B. (2005) Berg, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781845200688
Noys, B. (2000) Modern European Thinkers . Pluto Press, London. ISBN 9780745315928 9780745315874
