Nick Thoburn

Nick Thoburn is a Professor at the School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, known for his work on political theory, media studies, and critical discourse analysis. His research focuses on the 'material form of the political magazine,' interrogating its editorial voice, financial structures, and relationship to capitalism. He authored Deleuze, Marx and Politics and contributed to projects like Mute magazine, exploring how political journals navigate autonomy within capitalist frameworks.

Research & Projects: His key projects include Independent Platform for Modern and Contemporary Flemish Studies, Disagreements, and Crossing borders: reality and representation in the Mediterranean. Previous projects address themes like post-identity feminisms, Arab modernity, and counter-neoliberal coalitions. Thoburn’s work engages theorists such as Deleuze, Marx, and Negri, emphasizing the magazine’s role as a 'paradoxical fold' blending critique, form, and material conditions.

Key Ideas: Thoburn argues for editorial voices as 'plural, autonomous monsters' and financial structures that resist capitalist logic through hybrid models. His analysis bridges Marxist critique with media autonomy, advocating for texts that embody their material conditions (embodied text).