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Alberto Toscano serves as an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University's School of Communication. His academic work spans critical theory, political philosophy, and cultural studies with a focus on contemporary political challenges. He teaches courses including CMNS 311 (Topics in Communication and Social Justice), CMNS 410 (Media and Ideology), and CMNS 804 (Seminar in Advanced Communication Theory).
Toscano earned his BA in Liberal Arts from Eugene Lang College at the New School for Social Research, an MA in Continental Philosophy from University College Dublin, and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Warwick. His educational background reflects his interdisciplinary approach to critical theory and political philosophy.
His research centers on three primary strands: the politics of authoritarianism and its connections to racial, geopolitical and gendered crises of capital; tragedy as a framework for understanding collective politics; and 'real abstraction' as a heuristic for analyzing contemporary capitalism. His work intersects with racial capitalism, automation, digitalization, and anti-colonial thought. Toscano maintains strong interests in artistic representations of racial capitalism and critical theories of political action informed by anti-racist perspectives.
His recent publications reveal a consistent engagement with fascist and authoritarian tendencies in contemporary politics, the theoretical implications of racial capitalism, and the intersections of philosophy with visual culture. His work demonstrates a distinctive blend of historical analysis, theoretical innovation, and political urgency across multiple disciplines including philosophy, communication studies, and cultural theory.
Toscano serves as series editor for The Italian List at Seagull Books, editor of Seagull Essays, and sits on the editorial board of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory. His editorial work significantly contributes to the translation and reception of Italian literature, literary criticism, and critical theory in the Anglophone world.
His teaching and research demonstrate a commitment to connecting theoretical frameworks with contemporary political challenges, particularly around issues of authoritarianism, racial capitalism, and the possibilities for collective political action in the current historical moment.
