Benjamin Noys

Benjamin Noys is a professor of critical theory at the University of Chichester and the theorist who coined the term accelerationism within cultural ideology.

Early life

Benjamin Noys completed a BSc at Brunel University and both MA and DPhil from Sussex University. this theory is used by many far-left and far-right extremists to justify speeding up societal changes to break the current system and allow society to rebuild in a post-capitalistic world.

Noys has also been a critic of cryptocurrency, which has been linked to accelerationism.

Books

Georges Bataille: A Critical Introduction (Pluto Press, 2000) Persistence of the Negative: A Critique of Contemporary Continental Theory (Edinburgh University Press, 2010) Malign Velocities (Zer0 Books, 2014) The Matter of Language: Abstraction and Poetry (Seagull Books, 2023) Envisioning the Good Life (Edinburgh University Press, 2025)