Ben Turner

I am a Lecturer in Political Theory in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. My research addresses questions relating to technology, work, ideology and ontology.

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My first book, Returning to Judgment, explores the place of political judgment in the work of Bernard Stiegler, and contrasts his approach with his predecessors in continental political theory, particular those within its various ontological turns. I have also published on other themes in Stiegler's philosophy and political thought, the role of ideology in contemporary continental political theory, and the significance of the ontological turn in anthropology for political theory. Links to these papers can be found here.​

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I am currently working on a range of interrelated issues within the politics of work, technology and epistemic agency. My primary project is a monograph articulating the philosophical foundations of post-work political thought, provisionally entitled 'Imagining Life Beyond Work: Post-Work as a Worldmaking Project'. This book is the primary outcome of a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

 

I am also working on the impact of automated management technologies on workplace democracy, and how recent work in continental political theory might contribute to the problems examined by social epistemology, particularly when considering the impact of technological change. Across this work I also have an interest in recent methodological debates in political theory.

 

I can be contacted at B.Turner[at]qmul.ac.uk.