Ak Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4269227 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ak Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ak |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ithaca College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How to Do Things with Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin is now a common reference point within cultural studies. But while a considerable secondary literature has emerged around his work, efforts to build upon his contributions by operationalizing the method they elaborate have remained relatively rare. Nevertheless, I maintain that it is solely through such operationalization that Benjamin’s intellectual project can truly be understood. In this article, I provide a sketch of Benjamin’…
Violence, Social Movements, and Black Freedom Struggles
George Floyd’s murder by police on 26 May 2020 set off a cycle of struggle that was notable for its size, intensity, and rate of diffusion. Starting in Minneapolis, the uprising quickly spread to dozens of other major cities and brought with it a repertoire that included riots, arson, and looting. In many places, these tactics coexisted with more familiar actions like public assemblies and mass marches; however, the inflection these tactics gave …
We Are Winning”– Ten Theses on Politics After Seattle
All historical knowledge can be represented in the image of balanced scales, one tray of which is weighted with what has been and the other with knowledge of what is present. Whereas on the first t
Citing history
Although rarely considered within the existing scholarship on social movements, even a cursory analysis of protest activity suggests that movements regularly invoke historical citations (whether consciously or not) while working to clarify aims and mobilize constituencies. In order to make sense of this process, and to account for the variations that arise among the different citation modalities favored by movements on opposite ends of the politi…
Did Someone Say Riot? James M. Jasper in Conversation with AK Thompson
On 30 October 2013, James M. Jasper and AK Thompson spoke at an event entitled ‘Did Someone Say Riot?,’ hosted by New York City’s Brecht Forum (now sadly defunct). According to the promotional material for the event, despite being ‘maligned in official accounts, the riot has in fact been a decisive feature of American politics.’ Jasper and Thompson’s comments thus aimed to highlight ‘the central role that riots have played in the processes of rac…
Protest Camps
Two Sides of a Barricade
Did Someone Say Riot? James M. Jasper in Conversation with AK Thompson
On 30 October 2013, James M. Jasper and AK Thompson spoke at an event entitled ‘Did Someone Say Riot?,’ hosted by New York City’s Brecht Forum (now sadly defunct). According to the promotional material for the event, despite being ‘maligned in official accounts, the riot has in fact been a decisive feature of American politics.’ Jasper and Thompson’s comments thus aimed to highlight ‘the central role that riots have played in the processes of rac…
Citing history
Although rarely considered within the existing scholarship on social movements, even a cursory analysis of protest activity suggests that movements regularly invoke historical citations (whether consciously or not) while working to clarify aims and mobilize constituencies. In order to make sense of this process, and to account for the variations that arise among the different citation modalities favored by movements on opposite ends of the politi…
Violence, Social Movements, and Black Freedom Struggles
George Floyd’s murder by police on 26 May 2020 set off a cycle of struggle that was notable for its size, intensity, and rate of diffusion. Starting in Minneapolis, the uprising quickly spread to dozens of other major cities and brought with it a repertoire that included riots, arson, and looting. In many places, these tactics coexisted with more familiar actions like public assemblies and mass marches; however, the inflection these tactics gave …
Two Sides of a Barricade
Protest Camps
Did Someone Say Riot? James M. Jasper in Conversation with AK Thompson
On 30 October 2013, James M. Jasper and AK Thompson spoke at an event entitled ‘Did Someone Say Riot?,’ hosted by New York City’s Brecht Forum (now sadly defunct). According to the promotional material for the event, despite being ‘maligned in official accounts, the riot has in fact been a decisive feature of American politics.’ Jasper and Thompson’s comments thus aimed to highlight ‘the central role that riots have played in the processes of rac…
How to Do Things with Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin is now a common reference point within cultural studies. But while a considerable secondary literature has emerged around his work, efforts to build upon his contributions by operationalizing the method they elaborate have remained relatively rare. Nevertheless, I maintain that it is solely through such operationalization that Benjamin’s intellectual project can truly be understood. In this article, I provide a sketch of Benjamin’…
Violence, Social Movements, and Black Freedom Struggles
George Floyd’s murder by police on 26 May 2020 set off a cycle of struggle that was notable for its size, intensity, and rate of diffusion. Starting in Minneapolis, the uprising quickly spread to dozens of other major cities and brought with it a repertoire that included riots, arson, and looting. In many places, these tactics coexisted with more familiar actions like public assemblies and mass marches; however, the inflection these tactics gave …
We Are Winning”– Ten Theses on Politics After Seattle
All historical knowledge can be represented in the image of balanced scales, one tray of which is weighted with what has been and the other with knowledge of what is present. Whereas on the first t
Citing history
Although rarely considered within the existing scholarship on social movements, even a cursory analysis of protest activity suggests that movements regularly invoke historical citations (whether consciously or not) while working to clarify aims and mobilize constituencies. In order to make sense of this process, and to account for the variations that arise among the different citation modalities favored by movements on opposite ends of the politi…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works)