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About Brad Evans

Brad Evans is a Professor of Political Violence & Aestheics at the university of Bath, UK. His forthcoming book (coauthored by Chantal Meza) Disappearance: The Normalisation of the Extreme will be published in December by Edinburgh University Press.
Latest Posts | By Brad Evans
The Disappearance of 9/11
1 week ago

The Disappearance of 9/11

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Disappearance became as clear as the blue sky, which, for a moment, appeared complicit in the violence below. Planes exploded and steel melted as the world observed a spectacle characterized …
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The Last Words
3 years ago

The Last Words

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Sometimes I wonder how the last words committed from my hands will eventually read? What will these final words say? Would they be as I imagined it all ending? Or …
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The Age of the Dislocated Spectacle
4 years ago

The Age of the Dislocated Spectacle

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We live in the age of the dislocated spectacle. As the procession of death carrying forth the body of the deceased Queen passed by, all hands were held aloft in …
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Beautiful Chaos: The Passion of Maradona
5 years ago

Beautiful Chaos: The Passion of Maradona

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The Moment of Moments

The setting couldn’t have been more vibrant. The Estadio Azteca was a cacophony of sound and colour. It was filled to capacity as 114,000 expectant souls …
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The Sickness of Reason
6 years ago

The Sickness of Reason

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There was a sickness out there. And it struck us down with silence. Even when people were in close proximity, their voices were notably quieter. It was like the world …
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