Mark Neocleous

Professor Mark Neocleous is Professor of the Critique of Political Economy in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Brunel University's College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences. Having joined Brunel in 1994, he is a critical theorist whose work focuses on the intersection of state power, capital, and security, with particular attention to police, war, and the political imagination.

Neocleous's research centers on critical security studies, with a focus on:

• The concept of pacification as a lens for understanding state violence and capitalist accumulation
• Critical theory of police power and its relationship to war and capital
• The politics of immunity and the policing of bodies
• Security abolition and anti-security frameworks
• The political imagination concerning bodies, monstrosity, subjectivity, fear, and death

His recent work demonstrates a clear trajectory toward understanding security not as protection but as a mechanism of control and pacification within capitalist society. Neocleous argues that concepts like 'pacification' help reveal how states use war power to fabricate social order aligned with capitalist interests. His publications consistently challenge conventional security discourse by exposing its connections to violence, colonialism, and capital accumulation.

Neocleous has received significant scholarly attention, with over 1,700 followers on Academia.edu, indicating his influence in critical security studies and political theory.