Tony McKenna

Tony McKenna is a philosopher, journalist and novelist, whose works include ‘The Dying Light‘, New Haven Publishing 2017; Art, Literature and Culture from a Marxist Perspective (Macmillan) and Angels and Demons: A Radical Anthology of Political Lives (Zero Books).

The broken mirror: intersectionality and the loss of the universal

The ‘disarticulation’ of class results in the loss of the possibility of a structural and therefore truly radical critique of capitalism and instead a billion and one private, individualized and antagonistic identities are unleashed.

By Tony McKenna

/ 12 Aug 2019

The broken mirror: intersectionality and the loss of the universal

The veil: emancipation and liberation

Understanding the veil means looking at its historical context, as both symbol of oppression, and symbol of resistance.

By Tony McKenna

/ 29 Nov 2013

Exploring the fascist roots of Islamophobia

Contemporary Islamophobic discourses thrive in a fascist imaginary which Slavoj Zizek analyses.

By Tony McKenna

/ 2 Jul 2012