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Benjamin Noys is a professor of critical theory at the University of Chichester[1] and the theorist who coined the term accelerationism within cultural ideology.[2][3]
Benjamin Noys | |
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Born | 1969 |
Occupation | Professor of Critical Theory |
Known for | Coining the term accelerationism |
Benjamin Noys completed a BSc at Brunel University and both MA and DPhil from Sussex University.[1]
Noys is an academic critical theorist who is best known for borrowing the term accelerationism from the science fiction author Roger Zelazny and developing it within cultural and intellectual contexts.[4][2] While a critic of accelerationalism,[5] this theory is used by many far-left[6] and far-right[7][8] extremists to justify speeding up societal changes to break the current system and allow society to rebuild in a post-capitalistic world.[9]
Noys has also been a critic of cryptocurrency, which has been linked to accelerationism.[10][11]
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