Ali Riza Taskale teaches social and political theory at Near East University, Nicosia. Prior to joining Near East University, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Hacettepe University, Turkey. His research interests include social and political theory, critique of (neo)liberalism, cinema and social futures. His research has been published in journals such as Contemporary Political Theory, Theory, Culture & Society, Journal for Cultural Research and Third Text, along with a number of book chapters in edited volumes. His most recent book is Post-Politics in Context (Routledge, 2017). He is currently working on the politics of imagination.
'A very forceful and compelling argument as to the post-political nature of neoliberal societies' - Julian Reid, University of Lapland, Finland 'In this theoretically sophisticated and wide-ranging book, Taskale shows how regimes of power are consolidated and work through affective logics. With a historically informed analysis and rich illustrative examples, he explores contemporary politics and shows why it fails to deliver.' - Professor Mustafa Dikeç, Ecole d’Urbanisme de Paris and LATTS