Author of Fortress Power: Hostile Designs and the Politics of Spatial Control @UMinnPress. Political theory, fortification, infrastructure, & democracy.
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It's publication day for my book, Fortress Power (@UMinnPress). The book is about the weaponization of the built environment, from the early modern bastion fortress to present-day border landscapes and privatized cities. upress.umn.edu/9781517917937…
I had the opportunity to talk to about my book, Fortress Power (@UMinnPress), on the @PennMitchellCtr Podcast.
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Fortress Power (@UMinnPress) made it on the Progressive Geographies year-end list of favorite academic books!
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The primary philosophical influences on the book are Michel Foucault and Paul Virilio. I also engage with the work of @weizman_eyal, Wendy Brown, @AchilleMbembe1, and Étienne Balibar.
My author copies of Fortress Power arrived from @UMinnPress. I found a spot for them on my bookshelf next to some of the books that have been formative to my thinking.
MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy is essential listening from @TULoganCenter and @PhillyInquirer
In the first episode of our six-part series with
@TUKleincollege and @TULoganCenter, host Linn Washington Jr. introduces listeners to John Africa, founder of MOVE. (1/4) inquirer.com/news/move-untan…
Derek Denman retweeted
Announcing our Spring/Summer list of books—extra special as they will publish during our ✨centennial✨ in 2025.
Feat: @LeeSDean @DerekSDenman @petergeye @joshua_gooch @StaciaKalinoski @amyklobuchar @professahKwate @WilliLempert @AlexMenrisky @julesod2
z.umn.edu/ss25
ALT Catalog cover with white, animated text overlay: Spring Summer 2025; University of Minnesota Press. Press logo at bottom right. In background, outdoor image with pale yellow tint of flora with red stems and yellow fuzzy buds.
ALT University of Minnesota Press 100th logo. Traditional Press vertical logo in shiny gold serves as the "1," with two black shaded "00" to follow, the first with "1925-2025" inside, the latter intersected with a graphic of book pages turning. Below the "100," text: Years of Publishing.
Derek Denman retweeted
We don't generally THINK of Los Angeles as a prison town - or a jail town.
But at almost every point in its history, LA has been building or debating whether to build a new jail, again and again and again for 3 centuries.
My latest for @latimes
latimes.com/california/story…
Derek Denman retweeted
This must include the Prison Moratorium.
If we’re talking about spending, let’s be absolutely sure that we’re not pouring public dollars into new jail and prison cells and instead invest in what communities need to thrive.
#NoNewWomensPrison
NEW: After @MassGovernor publicly urged lawmakers to return to session and pass a sweeping economic development bill, Senate President Karen Spilka says in statement she is “prepared to call special formal session to get it done.” No word yet from House Speaker @RonMariano
Derek Denman retweeted
The prison moratorium passed last session, has a wide-ranging support across the state with 100 orgs signed on, and is in the Democratic Party platform. Passing it should not be controversial.
MA says #NoNewWomensPrison. Let's get it done!
Act: bit.ly/FreeHerMA #mapoli
ALT computer graphic. MA legislators: pass the prison moratorium no! Build community-lead solutuions, not more jail and prison cells! #NoNewWomensPrison
I wrote about Massachusetts's proposed prison moratorium.
A bill to halt the construction of new prisons and jails provides a way forward for decarceration.
truthout.org/articles/massac…
Derek Denman retweeted
My review of the new book American Purgatory, by Benjamin Weber, is out in @_inquest_. The book grapples with the questions of how central incarceration has been to US empire, and what international solidarity should therefore look like. inquest.org/cages-without-bo…
Delighted to be part of this special issue on Militarization & Pleasure. Huge thanks to @AlexAdams5 and @GaetaAmy for their work on this!
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I have a new article in @CTCJournal on the enchantments of copaganda. It's part of @GaetaAmy and @AlexAdams5's special issue on militarization & pleasure: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Derek Denman retweeted
“What does it mean to abolish the police?” Thus begins a text that is now available to our readers.
Read “The Revolutionary Politics of Abolition” by Anna Terwiel, ahead of print!
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