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Nina Power
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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.[citation needed]

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.[8] 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.[8][11] Following this, Miller and Power were each declared bankrupt in February and July 2024 respectively.[11]

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

  • 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) ISBN 978-987-45637-5-0.
    • Translated into Korean by SeongJun Kim as "Dodukmajeun Feminism" (Seoul: Editus, 2018).
  • Platforms (Morbid Books, 2020)[19]
  • What Do Men Want? (UK: Penguin, 2021)[20][21]

Translated books

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

Film appearances

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Nina Power". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Nina Power". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Nina Power". The Wire. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Nina Power". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  6. ^ "About IM1776". Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Ron DeSantis ally Chris Rufo has close ties with 'dissident right' magazine". The Guardian. 21 February 2024.
  8. ^ a b c Brown, David (10 November 2023). "Twitter no place for debate, judge tells intellectuals". The Times. p. 19.
  9. ^ "Nazi or Not?". Art Monthly. No. 449. September 2021. p. 18. ISSN 0142-6702 – via Exact Editions.
  10. ^ Kaminski-Jones, Rhys (14 August 2024). "Anti-Woke Druids and Radical Bards". Verso Books.
  11. ^ a b c "Court Costs". Art Monthly. No. 479. September 2024. p. 21. ISSN 0142-6702 – via Exact Editions.
  12. ^ "Nina Power". Compact Magazine.
  13. ^ Cockburn (5 July 2024). "House of Mouse wants Biden out". The Spectator.
  14. ^ 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. ^ COMPACT [@compactmag_] (4 July 2024). "A Statement from COMPACT" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Nina Power". National Conservatism Conference, UK 2023. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  17. ^ Venkitaraman, Abhay (23 November 2023). "Activists protest Warwick event featuring gender-critical speaker". The Boar. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  18. ^ Barekat, Houman (18 February 2022). "What Do Men Want? by Nina Power review – a misguided defence of the male". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  19. ^ Reid, Michael (1 February 2021). "Platforms – Nina Power". Full Stop. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  20. ^ POWER, NINA. (2021). WHAT DO MEN WANT? : an inquiry into love, sex and power. [S.l.]: ALLEN LANE. ISBN 978-0-241-35650-0. OCLC 1224513235. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  21. ^ Barekat, Houman (18 February 2022). "What Do Men Want? by Nina Power review – a misguided defence of the male". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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