Goldsmiths - University of London

Amedeo Policante

Academic qualifications

- PhD Candidate, Department of Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London
- MA with merit (Goldsmiths): Cultural Studies
- MA, BA (Bologna): Political Theory and International Relations

Teaching

- Discourse, Power, Politics

Research interests

- Marxist and Anarchist Theory: Primitive accumulation, Nomadism, Subjectification
- Biopolitics, Bare Life and their relation with political geography
- Pirates, Social Bandits, Partisans and other figures of irregular warfare
- New Social Movements, direct democracy, direct action

Selected publications

Chapters in edited volumes:

- Policante A. "After the event: the mythical representation of violence", Disciplining Dissent. Ed., Lara Coleman and Karen Tucker. Routledge Press, forthcoming.

Refereed Journal articles:

- Policante, A. "War against Biopower: Timely Reflections on an Historicist Foucault", Theory & Event, 13.1 March 2010.

- "Of Cameras and Balaclavas, Violence, Myth and the Convulsive Kettle", Globalizations, forthcoming.

- "Guerra e Spazi Politici: Compagnie Militari Private al tempo della globalizzazione", Teoria e Critica, Marzo 2008.

Conferences

Conference papers

- Policante, A. "Of Cameras and Balaclavas, Violence, Myth and the Convulsive Kettle", Interdisciplinary Workshop on ‘Disciplining Dissent’, University of Bristol,18th September 2009.

- Policante, A. "Between History and Myth: The Insurrectionary Experience of Time in Furio Jesi's Spartakus," Sixth Historical Materialism Annual Conference: 'Another World is Necessary: Crisis, Struggle and Political Alternatives,' 27-29 November 2009.

- Policante A. "Il Carnevale del Capitale: Possessioni Vampiriche e Soggettività Mostruose", La Grammatica Marxiana, Giornata di Studi. Giugno 2009.