- Islamische Wiedergeburt und die Politik der Globalisierung aus Lacan’scher Perspektive Mura, Andrea. 2018. Islamische Wiedergeburt und die Politik der Globalisierung aus Lacan’scher Perspektive. Lacaniana,
- National Finitude and the Paranoid Style of the One Mura, Andrea. 2016. National Finitude and the Paranoid Style of the One. Contemporary Political Theory, 15(1), pp. 58-79. ISSN 1470-8914
- Il neoliberismo e il paradigma dell’indebitamento: Una lettura psicoanalitica [Neoliberalism and the paradigm of indebtedness: A Psychoanalytic Reading] Mura, Andrea. 2015. Il neoliberismo e il paradigma dell’indebitamento: Una lettura psicoanalitica [Neoliberalism and the paradigm of indebtedness: A Psychoanalytic Reading]. LETTERa: Quaderni di clinica e cultura psicoanalitica, 5, pp. 193-210.
- Debito e Comune: Per un’etica del non-tutto Mura, Andrea. 2015. Debito e Comune: Per un’etica del non-tutto. Aut Aut, 365, pp. 84-98.
- Lacan and Debt: The Discourse of the Capitalist in Times of Austerity Mura, Andrea. 2015. Lacan and Debt: The Discourse of the Capitalist in Times of Austerity. Philosophy Today, 59(2), pp. 155-174. ISSN 0031-8256
- The Austerity of the Commons: A Struggle for the Essential Mura, Andrea and Gentili, Dario. 2014. The Austerity of the Commons: A Struggle for the Essential. openDemocracy,
- Islamism Revisited: A Lacanian Discourse Critique Mura, Andrea. 2014. Islamism Revisited: A Lacanian Discourse Critique. European Journal of Psychoanalysis, 1(1), pp. 107-126. ISSN 2284-1059
- The Inclusive Dynamics of Islamic Universalism: From the Vantage Point of Sayyid Qutb’s Critical Philosophy Mura, Andrea. 2014. The Inclusive Dynamics of Islamic Universalism: From the Vantage Point of Sayyid Qutb’s Critical Philosophy. Comparative Philosophy, 5(1), pp. 30-55. ISSN 2151-6014
- Convergent (Il)liberalism in the Mediterranean? Notes on Political Trends in Egypt and Italy Mura, Andrea and Teti, Andrea. 2013. Convergent (Il)liberalism in the Mediterranean? Notes on Political Trends in Egypt and Italy. European Urban and Regional Studies, 20(1), pp. 120-127. ISSN 0969-7764
- The Symbolic Function of Transmodernity Mura, Andrea. 2012. The Symbolic Function of Transmodernity. Language and Psychoanalysis, Autumn(1), pp. 67-86. ISSN 2049-324X
- A Genealogical Inquiry into Early Islamism: The Discourse of Hasan al-Banna Mura, Andrea. 2012. A Genealogical Inquiry into Early Islamism: The Discourse of Hasan al-Banna. Journal of Political Ideologies, 17(1), pp. 61-85. ISSN 1356-9317
Dr Andrea Mura
Staff details
Position
Senior Lecturer in Comparative Political Thought
Department
Politics and International Relations
a.mura (@gold.ac.uk)
Goldsmiths Research Centres/Groups
Andrea has research interests in Political Philosophy, Geopolitics, and Postcolonial Theory.
Andrea Mura is member of the Centre for Postcolonial Studies and the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought at Goldsmiths.
Andrea has research and teaching interests in Critical Theory, Geopolitics, and Postcolonial Theory.
Research interests
His work focuses on three main research areas:
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Political theology, economic theology and decoloniality, with particular reference to the categories of exception, debt and necessity between Europe and the Middle East and to the modern concept of ‘economy of salvation’.
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Comparative/International political thought: 1) investigating how theories, experiences, and stories of postcolonial societies and Indigenous peoples contribute to and reorient debates on territorial sovereignty, citizenship, and political identity; 2) 'non-state' paradigms or models of international law and politics (e.g., notions of dawlah, caliphate, Islamic state, hierocracy/theocracy, Chinese models of civilization-state, etc.)
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Psycho-Politics: Politics and economy of desire (e.g., affective politics of space).
Areas of interest:
Political Theory, Critical Modernity Studies, Postcolonial and decolonial thought, critical theory, Islamic political thought, International Politics of the Middle East.
Publications and research outputs
Book
- The Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism: A Study in Islamic Political Thought Mura, Andrea. 2015. The Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism: A Study in Islamic Political Thought. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781472443892
Edited Journal
- Introducing Teatro Valle – Searching for a European Commons Mura, Andrea and Gentili, Dario, eds. 2014. Introducing Teatro Valle – Searching for a European Commons, openDemocracy, .
Book Section
- Empire Mura, Andrea. 2025. Empire. In: Antonio Cerella; Arthur Bradley and Elettra Stimilli, eds. Political Theology: Key Concepts. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
- Cent’anni dopo 'Teologia Politica': Pensiero tecnico-economico e Impresa di Sé Mura, Andrea. 2023. Cent’anni dopo 'Teologia Politica': Pensiero tecnico-economico e Impresa di Sé. In: Arthur Bradley and Elettra Stimilli, eds. Teologia Politica Oggi? Macerata: Quodlibet. ISBN 9788822920782
- Religion and Islamic Radicalization Mura, Andrea. 2020. Religion and Islamic Radicalization. In: Yannis Stavrakakis, ed. The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalytic Political Theory. London: Routledge, pp. 316-329. ISBN 9781138696310
Article
- Terra, Mare, Razza: Cartografie Decoloniali, counter-mapping e Linee abissali Mura, Andrea. 2024. Terra, Mare, Razza: Cartografie Decoloniali, counter-mapping e Linee abissali. Pólemos. Materiali di filosofia e critica sociale, 5(2), ISSN 2281-9517
- The Oracles of Neoliberal Governance: A Critical Response to Elettra Stimilli’s Debt and Guilt Mura, Andrea. 2023. The Oracles of Neoliberal Governance: A Critical Response to Elettra Stimilli’s Debt and Guilt. Political Theology, 24(4), pp. 410-417. ISSN 1462-317X
- Political and economic theology after Carl Schmitt: The confessional logic of deferment Mura, Andrea. 2022. Political and economic theology after Carl Schmitt: The confessional logic of deferment. Journal for Cultural Research, 26(3-4), pp. 266-278. ISSN 1479-7585
Broadcast
- Rosi Braidotti on crisis, capital and austerity - Interview by Andrea Mura Mura, Andrea. 2014. Rosi Braidotti on crisis, capital and austerity - Interview by Andrea Mura.
Media engagements
2014:
Rosi Braidotti on crisis, capital and austerity - Interview by Andrea Mura
From openDemocracy, 26 February 2014.