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Dear research screed

Some dero March 1, 2026

It’s been a while. I’m not consorting with any other research screeds, I have eyes for you...

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Long-overdue words with my research topic

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Long-overdue words with my research topic

Some dero January 13, 2026

Dear Mongrel on a Mission I mean Research Topic, You utter mongrel. I mentioned that already. I’m...

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Ideological enabling of fossil extractivism through Othering and performativity

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Ideological enabling of fossil extractivism through Othering and performativity

Some dero June 22, 2024

The climate emergency has an ideological as well as a physical history; the physical history tells us...

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Rising above the thinking behind Climate Change: World-Ecology and Worker’s Control

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Rising above the thinking behind Climate Change: World-Ecology and Worker’s Control

Some dero January 29, 2022

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them.” – Albert Einstein...

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Challenging the entrepreneurial discourse around women home-based workers’ empowerment

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Challenging the entrepreneurial discourse around women home-based workers’ empowerment

Some dero January 19, 2022

This article explores dominant entrepreneurship discourse and practice surrounding informal women home-based workers, and their relationship to...

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The Oldest Trick in the Book: Panic-Driven Scapegoating in History and Recurring Patterns of Persecution (Springer 2020)

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The Oldest Trick in the Book: Panic-Driven Scapegoating in History and Recurring Patterns of Persecution (Springer 2020)

Some dero July 12, 2020

This book investigates the normalisation of blame-shifting within ideological discourse as a broad feature of history, working...

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Social Ecology in the Capitalocene

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Social Ecology in the Capitalocene

Some dero December 5, 2019

New journal piece from yours truly at the revamped website for the journal of the Institute of...

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Halal Certification Uproar: The Muslim Scapegoat as National Safety Valve

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Halal Certification Uproar: The Muslim Scapegoat as National Safety Valve

Some dero July 9, 2019

Debney, B. (2019). Halal Certification Uproar: The Muslim Scapegoat as National Safety Valve. In C. M. Hall,...

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The Scare Cycle: Moral Panics and National Elections

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The Scare Cycle: Moral Panics and National Elections

Ben October 6, 2017

Have an article on moral panics and national election cycles in the latest issue of Arena Journal,...

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Historical Nature versus Nature in General: Capitalism in the Web of Life

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Historical Nature versus Nature in General: Capitalism in the Web of Life

Ben March 17, 2017

Have a new academic piece in the latest edition of Capitalism Nature Socialism, a review essay built...

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