Michael Loadenthal
Biographic Data
| ID | 6624168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Loadenthal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Loadenthal |
| SIGNATURE | LOADENTHAL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cincinnati |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7144-9495 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Solidarity Means Attack
Throwback fascism
The modern far-right, including its vast digital communities, draws from an overlapping yet diverse array of subcultures, sectarian ideologies, and political tendencies. Included among these traditions are accelerationist neo-Nazis who aim to capitalize on social and political divisiveness, economic precarity, and other frictions to foster widespread conflict, socio-political collapse, armed civil conflict, and revolutionary change—often embracin…
The base
Look Mom I’m On TV
We Protect Us
Beginning in 2018, US cyber defense architects began promoting the doctrinal strategy of Persistent Engagement (PE), amending a 2015 cyber policy based on deterrence. The PE doctrine encourages cyber soldiers to be quick, nimble, and aggressive—not waiting for an attack to defend against, and instead, maintaining a posture of constant agitation, infiltration, presence, and persistence. Although unintentional (and highly contentions), this cyber a…
Feral fascists and deep green guerrillas
The modern accelerationist far-right has a notable focus on attacking and disrupting sites of infrastructure – energy delivery, mass transportation, mass communication, etc. – as part of its wider strategy to provoke socio-political systemic breakdown, in the hopes of accelerating social change. While traditionally fascist and adjacent elements of the far-right focused on intimidating racial, ethnic, and religious minorities, some elements of thi…
Othering Terrorism
The term terrorism is as value-laden a descriptor as one will encounter in the contemporary period. Though it evokes a strong image of an Orientalist, colonized, brown body enacting brutal, theatrical violence from behind a balaclava, the term itself describes very little. The decision to label a particular act, individual, or movement as terroristic is more a discursive question of politics than means. In the post-9/11 era, state-level rhetorici…
Introduction
Knowledge construction should seek to embrace empiricism – the deriving of knowledge from data and experience – while not confusing this with a false notion of objectivity. As a truly objective approach is not only difficult but likely impossible to establish, it obscures the burden placed upon social scientists by sociologist C. Wright Mills who advocated for the study of society in order to change it. This action-centric, emancipatory-focused a…
Now That Was A Riot
In early 2017, dozens of US states introduced legislation designed to further criminalize confrontational protest tactics through expanding the scope of felony prosecutions and summoning the specter of the “riot” to depoliticize political action; indelibly linking it to criminal violence. This shift towards felonies and rioters took the form of legislation, intelligence reports, prosecutions, and rhetorical attempts at nearly every level of gover…
The Routledge History of World Peace Since 1750
"The Routledge History of World Peace since 1750 examines the varied and multifaceted scholarship surrounding the topic of peace and engages in a fruitful dialogue about the global history of peace since 1750. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book includes contributions from authors working in fields as diverse as history, philosophy, literature, art, sociology, and Peace Studies. The book crosses the divide between historical inquiry and Peace S…
The politics of attack
Since the early 2000s, global, underground networks of insurrectionary anarchists have carried out thousands of acts of political violence. This book is an exploration of the ideas, strategies, and history of these political actors that engage in a confrontation with the oppressive powers of the state and capital. The vast majority of these attacks have been claimed via online communiqués through anonymous monikers such as the Informal Anarchist …
“Eco-Terrorism”
Appendix
Research Article| July 01 2017 Appendix: Methodology—Database Construction Michael Loadenthal Michael Loadenthal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal for the Study of Radicalism (2017) 11 (2): 35–106. https://doi.org/10.14321/jstudradi.11.2.0035 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Michael Loadenthal; Appendix: Methodology—Database Construction. Journal for…
Interpreting Insurrectionary Corpora
Research Article| July 01 2016 Interpreting Insurrectionary Corpora: Qualitative-Quantitative Analysis of Clandestine Communiqués Michael Loadenthal Michael Loadenthal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal for the Study of Radicalism (2016) 10 (2): 79–100. https://doi.org/10.14321/jstudradi.10.2.0079 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Michael Loadenthal; I…
Introduction
A critical framework for the analysis of political violence, terrorism and social movements must be based around a data-driven, empirical examination of primary source data. In an era of data overabundance, possible sources for analysis are all around us, from anonymous communiqués issued by social movements to slick propaganda videos issued by military-styled insurgent and guerrilla movements. The problem is no longer “Where do I find data?” but…
Introduction
As I write, volleys of rockets and missiles are being fired to and from the Gaza Strip. In what the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has termed “Operation Protective Edge,” an asymmetric ground, air and
When cops “go native”
This article argues that the use of sexual infiltration by police and criminal collaborators represents a strategic deployment of surveillance technology by the state with the aim of creating Foucault’s “docile bodies” through the development of totalising omnipresence. The insertion of police into the private sphere of activists’ sexual relationships – a site presumed to be outside of state gaze – serves to not only disrupt the target communitie…
Jah People
For more than half a century, the African-based Rastafarian movement has existed and thrived. Since the early 1930s, Rastafari has developed, changed and gained enough supporters to be considered “one of the most popular Afro-Caribbean religions of the late twentieth century. According to a survey conducted in 1997, there are over one million practicing Rastafarians worldwide as well as over two million sympathizers. Rastafarians are concentrated…
Deconstructing “eco-terrorism”
Since 1979, the Animal and Earth Liberation Fronts have claimed thousands of attacks worldwide targeting property, yet remained relatively impervious to infiltration, disruption and arrest. Since the disclosure of the State's targeted surveillance and prosecution of these movements – labelled the “Green Scare” by activists – a matrix of juridical, legalistic and political mechanisms has criminalised forms of political dissent. In order to apply a…
Deconstructing “eco-terrorism”
Since 1979, the Animal and Earth Liberation Fronts have claimed thousands of attacks worldwide targeting property, yet remained relatively impervious to infiltration, disruption and arrest. Since the disclosure of the State's targeted surveillance and prosecution of these movements – labelled the “Green Scare” by activists – a matrix of juridical, legalistic and political mechanisms has criminalised forms of political dissent. In order to apply a…
When cops “go native”
This article argues that the use of sexual infiltration by police and criminal collaborators represents a strategic deployment of surveillance technology by the state with the aim of creating Foucault’s “docile bodies” through the development of totalising omnipresence. The insertion of police into the private sphere of activists’ sexual relationships – a site presumed to be outside of state gaze – serves to not only disrupt the target communitie…
Feral fascists and deep green guerrillas
The modern accelerationist far-right has a notable focus on attacking and disrupting sites of infrastructure – energy delivery, mass transportation, mass communication, etc. – as part of its wider strategy to provoke socio-political systemic breakdown, in the hopes of accelerating social change. While traditionally fascist and adjacent elements of the far-right focused on intimidating racial, ethnic, and religious minorities, some elements of thi…
Now That Was A Riot
In early 2017, dozens of US states introduced legislation designed to further criminalize confrontational protest tactics through expanding the scope of felony prosecutions and summoning the specter of the “riot” to depoliticize political action; indelibly linking it to criminal violence. This shift towards felonies and rioters took the form of legislation, intelligence reports, prosecutions, and rhetorical attempts at nearly every level of gover…
Introduction
As I write, volleys of rockets and missiles are being fired to and from the Gaza Strip. In what the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has termed “Operation Protective Edge,” an asymmetric ground, air and
Jah People
For more than half a century, the African-based Rastafarian movement has existed and thrived. Since the early 1930s, Rastafari has developed, changed and gained enough supporters to be considered “one of the most popular Afro-Caribbean religions of the late twentieth century. According to a survey conducted in 1997, there are over one million practicing Rastafarians worldwide as well as over two million sympathizers. Rastafarians are concentrated…
Jah People
For more than half a century, the African-based Rastafarian movement has existed and thrived. Since the early 1930s, Rastafari has developed, changed and gained enough supporters to be considered “one of the most popular Afro-Caribbean religions of the late twentieth century. According to a survey conducted in 1997, there are over one million practicing Rastafarians worldwide as well as over two million sympathizers. Rastafarians are concentrated…
Deconstructing “eco-terrorism”
Since 1979, the Animal and Earth Liberation Fronts have claimed thousands of attacks worldwide targeting property, yet remained relatively impervious to infiltration, disruption and arrest. Since the disclosure of the State's targeted surveillance and prosecution of these movements – labelled the “Green Scare” by activists – a matrix of juridical, legalistic and political mechanisms has criminalised forms of political dissent. In order to apply a…
Introduction
As I write, volleys of rockets and missiles are being fired to and from the Gaza Strip. In what the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has termed “Operation Protective Edge,” an asymmetric ground, air and
When cops “go native”
This article argues that the use of sexual infiltration by police and criminal collaborators represents a strategic deployment of surveillance technology by the state with the aim of creating Foucault’s “docile bodies” through the development of totalising omnipresence. The insertion of police into the private sphere of activists’ sexual relationships – a site presumed to be outside of state gaze – serves to not only disrupt the target communitie…
Introduction
A critical framework for the analysis of political violence, terrorism and social movements must be based around a data-driven, empirical examination of primary source data. In an era of data overabundance, possible sources for analysis are all around us, from anonymous communiqués issued by social movements to slick propaganda videos issued by military-styled insurgent and guerrilla movements. The problem is no longer “Where do I find data?” but…
Interpreting Insurrectionary Corpora
Research Article| July 01 2016 Interpreting Insurrectionary Corpora: Qualitative-Quantitative Analysis of Clandestine Communiqués Michael Loadenthal Michael Loadenthal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal for the Study of Radicalism (2016) 10 (2): 79–100. https://doi.org/10.14321/jstudradi.10.2.0079 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Michael Loadenthal; I…
The politics of attack
Since the early 2000s, global, underground networks of insurrectionary anarchists have carried out thousands of acts of political violence. This book is an exploration of the ideas, strategies, and history of these political actors that engage in a confrontation with the oppressive powers of the state and capital. The vast majority of these attacks have been claimed via online communiqués through anonymous monikers such as the Informal Anarchist …
“Eco-Terrorism”
Appendix
Research Article| July 01 2017 Appendix: Methodology—Database Construction Michael Loadenthal Michael Loadenthal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal for the Study of Radicalism (2017) 11 (2): 35–106. https://doi.org/10.14321/jstudradi.11.2.0035 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Michael Loadenthal; Appendix: Methodology—Database Construction. Journal for…
The Routledge History of World Peace Since 1750
"The Routledge History of World Peace since 1750 examines the varied and multifaceted scholarship surrounding the topic of peace and engages in a fruitful dialogue about the global history of peace since 1750. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book includes contributions from authors working in fields as diverse as history, philosophy, literature, art, sociology, and Peace Studies. The book crosses the divide between historical inquiry and Peace S…
Othering Terrorism
The term terrorism is as value-laden a descriptor as one will encounter in the contemporary period. Though it evokes a strong image of an Orientalist, colonized, brown body enacting brutal, theatrical violence from behind a balaclava, the term itself describes very little. The decision to label a particular act, individual, or movement as terroristic is more a discursive question of politics than means. In the post-9/11 era, state-level rhetorici…
Introduction
Knowledge construction should seek to embrace empiricism – the deriving of knowledge from data and experience – while not confusing this with a false notion of objectivity. As a truly objective approach is not only difficult but likely impossible to establish, it obscures the burden placed upon social scientists by sociologist C. Wright Mills who advocated for the study of society in order to change it. This action-centric, emancipatory-focused a…
Now That Was A Riot
In early 2017, dozens of US states introduced legislation designed to further criminalize confrontational protest tactics through expanding the scope of felony prosecutions and summoning the specter of the “riot” to depoliticize political action; indelibly linking it to criminal violence. This shift towards felonies and rioters took the form of legislation, intelligence reports, prosecutions, and rhetorical attempts at nearly every level of gover…
Feral fascists and deep green guerrillas
The modern accelerationist far-right has a notable focus on attacking and disrupting sites of infrastructure – energy delivery, mass transportation, mass communication, etc. – as part of its wider strategy to provoke socio-political systemic breakdown, in the hopes of accelerating social change. While traditionally fascist and adjacent elements of the far-right focused on intimidating racial, ethnic, and religious minorities, some elements of thi…
We Protect Us
Beginning in 2018, US cyber defense architects began promoting the doctrinal strategy of Persistent Engagement (PE), amending a 2015 cyber policy based on deterrence. The PE doctrine encourages cyber soldiers to be quick, nimble, and aggressive—not waiting for an attack to defend against, and instead, maintaining a posture of constant agitation, infiltration, presence, and persistence. Although unintentional (and highly contentions), this cyber a…
The base
Look Mom I’m On TV
Solidarity Means Attack
Throwback fascism
The modern far-right, including its vast digital communities, draws from an overlapping yet diverse array of subcultures, sectarian ideologies, and political tendencies. Included among these traditions are accelerationist neo-Nazis who aim to capitalize on social and political divisiveness, economic precarity, and other frictions to foster widespread conflict, socio-political collapse, armed civil conflict, and revolutionary change—often embracin…
Political science (15 works) · Law (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Politics (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Criminology (8 works) · Terrorism (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · History (5 works) · Global Security and Public Health (4 works)