Iain Boal
Encyclopedia
Iain Boal is an Irish
social historian of technics and the commons, based as an independent scholar in the San Francisco Bay Area
.
He is one of the founders of the Retort collective
, an association of radical writers, teachers, artists, and activists, which has existed in the Bay Area for the past two decades, with whom he co-authored Afflicted Powers: Capital and Spectacle in a New Age of War, along with T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts
, and published by Verso.
He is co-editor of Resisting the Virtual Life: The Culture and Politics of Information and author of the forthcoming book The Long Theft: Episodes in the History of Enclosure. He is also the editor of Archives of Dissent, to be published by PM Press
. He has also just completed a book on the world history of the bicycle.
He is married to the archivist Gillian Boal.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
social historian of technics and the commons, based as an independent scholar in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
.
He is one of the founders of the Retort collective
Retort collective
The Retort is a radical encounter of about forty writers, teachers, artists, and activists, all opponents of capital and empire, which has been based for the past two decades in the San Francisco Bay Area....
, an association of radical writers, teachers, artists, and activists, which has existed in the Bay Area for the past two decades, with whom he co-authored Afflicted Powers: Capital and Spectacle in a New Age of War, along with T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts
Michael Watts
Michael J. Watts is "Class of 1963" Professor of Geography and Development Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and a leading critical intellectual figure of the academic left. An intensively productive scholar, he works on a variety of themes from African development to contemporary...
, and published by Verso.
He is co-editor of Resisting the Virtual Life: The Culture and Politics of Information and author of the forthcoming book The Long Theft: Episodes in the History of Enclosure. He is also the editor of Archives of Dissent, to be published by PM Press
PM Press
PM Press is an independent publisher that specializes in radical, Marxist and anarchist literature, as well as crime fiction, graphic novels, music CDs, and political documentaries...
. He has also just completed a book on the world history of the bicycle.
He is married to the archivist Gillian Boal.
Publications
- Boal, Iain and James Brook, Resisting the Virtual Life: The Culture and Politics of Information City Lights Books, 1995.
- Retort, "Blood for Oil?" London Review of Books, April 21, 2005.
- Retort, Afflicted Powers: Capital and Spectacle in a New Age of War Verso, 2nd edn with Afterword, 2006.