Brian Sudlow
Biographic Data
| ID | 642412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Sudlow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Sudlow |
| SIGNATURE | SUDLOW B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9939-6986 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A contemporary history of Silicon Valley as global heterotopia
This paper explores the extraordinary symbolic resonance of Silicon Valley in global cultures. Through a case study examining a large electronic corpus of French newspaper articles (2014–2019), we demonstrate the extent to which the Californian tech hub’s reputation has been repurposed worldwide, probing in particular metaphorical uses of its name in descriptions of countless other places around the globe. Harnessing the explanatory power of Fouc…
Techno-rationalities and the motherhood trilogy of Fabrice Hadjadj
Vincent Kaufmann’s Ménage à trois: littérature, médecine, religion (2007) sets up the category of the médico-religieux as a tool to understand the intersection of medicine and religion within French literature. This article aims to contest this paradigm, not only in the spirit of Felski’s hostility to the hermeneutics of suspicion (2015) but also because Kaufmann’s account of the religious is too dependent on a Weberian model of the instrumental-…
The challenge of totalitarianism and the remaking of the church
The challenge of totalitarianism and the remaking of the church." Modern & Contemporary France, 27(2), pp. 270–271
Réflexions Pour 1985
“Réflexions pour 1985”, a prospective report published in 1964, envisaged what France might look like in 1985. This essay argues the blend of “probable” and “desirable” in its imagined vision of the future reveals an agenda of enforcing social compliance with its techno-scientific assumptions. To test such an assessment of the text, this essay offers a study of the shaping factors and shaping actors of the report, before analysing the language of…
Francois Mauriac on race, war, politics, and religion
Francois Mauriac on race, war, politics, and religion: the great war through the 1960s." Modern & Contemporary France, 25(4), pp. 457–458
The Frenchness of Marcel Lefebvre and the Society of St Pius X
The case of Marcel Lefebvre and the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) deserves fresh perspectives. The current historiography is too franco-centric, focused on selective aspects of Lefebvre’s biography and the actions of isolated individuals, rather than with the life of the SSPX itself. After evaluating the current state of the historiography, this article proposes a new analysis of the SSPX’s political discourses in France and internationally and und…
Sacred Dread. Raïssa Maritain, the Allure of Suffering, and the French Catholic Revival (1905–1944)
Published on the eve of the centenary celebrations of the death of Charles Peguy, Brenna Moore's book on Raissa Maritain is a well-crafted and important contribution to the complex and stimulating ...
Inner Screens and Cybernetic Battlefields
José Padilha’s new RoboCop (2014) film can be read in the light of Paul Virilio’s theoretical work, notably Desert Screen. RoboCop serves as the city’s warrior but also as a munition in the hands of global media forces. Still, even if the film presents the fallibility of robotic technology, its true failure is in sustaining the progressivist myth of technology perfectly under human control
Transatlantic Anti-Catholicism
Book review: Transatlantic anti-catholicism: France and the United States in the Nineteenth Century by TIMOTHY VERHOEVEN, New York, Palgrave MacMillan, 2010 230 pp., £48.00, ISBN 978 02301 02873
Inner Screens and Cybernetic Battlefields
José Padilha’s new RoboCop (2014) film can be read in the light of Paul Virilio’s theoretical work, notably Desert Screen. RoboCop serves as the city’s warrior but also as a munition in the hands of global media forces. Still, even if the film presents the fallibility of robotic technology, its true failure is in sustaining the progressivist myth of technology perfectly under human control
The Frenchness of Marcel Lefebvre and the Society of St Pius X
The case of Marcel Lefebvre and the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) deserves fresh perspectives. The current historiography is too franco-centric, focused on selective aspects of Lefebvre’s biography and the actions of isolated individuals, rather than with the life of the SSPX itself. After evaluating the current state of the historiography, this article proposes a new analysis of the SSPX’s political discourses in France and internationally and und…
Transatlantic Anti-Catholicism
Book review: Transatlantic anti-catholicism: France and the United States in the Nineteenth Century by TIMOTHY VERHOEVEN, New York, Palgrave MacMillan, 2010 230 pp., £48.00, ISBN 978 02301 02873
Sacred Dread. Raïssa Maritain, the Allure of Suffering, and the French Catholic Revival (1905–1944)
Published on the eve of the centenary celebrations of the death of Charles Peguy, Brenna Moore's book on Raissa Maritain is a well-crafted and important contribution to the complex and stimulating ...
Inner Screens and Cybernetic Battlefields
José Padilha’s new RoboCop (2014) film can be read in the light of Paul Virilio’s theoretical work, notably Desert Screen. RoboCop serves as the city’s warrior but also as a munition in the hands of global media forces. Still, even if the film presents the fallibility of robotic technology, its true failure is in sustaining the progressivist myth of technology perfectly under human control
Réflexions Pour 1985
“Réflexions pour 1985”, a prospective report published in 1964, envisaged what France might look like in 1985. This essay argues the blend of “probable” and “desirable” in its imagined vision of the future reveals an agenda of enforcing social compliance with its techno-scientific assumptions. To test such an assessment of the text, this essay offers a study of the shaping factors and shaping actors of the report, before analysing the language of…
Francois Mauriac on race, war, politics, and religion
Francois Mauriac on race, war, politics, and religion: the great war through the 1960s." Modern & Contemporary France, 25(4), pp. 457–458
The Frenchness of Marcel Lefebvre and the Society of St Pius X
The case of Marcel Lefebvre and the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) deserves fresh perspectives. The current historiography is too franco-centric, focused on selective aspects of Lefebvre’s biography and the actions of isolated individuals, rather than with the life of the SSPX itself. After evaluating the current state of the historiography, this article proposes a new analysis of the SSPX’s political discourses in France and internationally and und…
The challenge of totalitarianism and the remaking of the church
The challenge of totalitarianism and the remaking of the church." Modern & Contemporary France, 27(2), pp. 270–271
Techno-rationalities and the motherhood trilogy of Fabrice Hadjadj
Vincent Kaufmann’s Ménage à trois: littérature, médecine, religion (2007) sets up the category of the médico-religieux as a tool to understand the intersection of medicine and religion within French literature. This article aims to contest this paradigm, not only in the spirit of Felski’s hostility to the hermeneutics of suspicion (2015) but also because Kaufmann’s account of the religious is too dependent on a Weberian model of the instrumental-…
A contemporary history of Silicon Valley as global heterotopia
This paper explores the extraordinary symbolic resonance of Silicon Valley in global cultures. Through a case study examining a large electronic corpus of French newspaper articles (2014–2019), we demonstrate the extent to which the Californian tech hub’s reputation has been repurposed worldwide, probing in particular metaphorical uses of its name in descriptions of countless other places around the globe. Harnessing the explanatory power of Fouc…
Philosophy (6 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (5 works) · History (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works)