• Occult Features of Anarchism

    Occult Features of Anarchism

    See reviews at LSE Review of Books, Gods & Radicals Press, Reason, Pop Matters, Ignota Books of the Year and the Marx and Philosophy Review of Books. Occult Features of Anarchism is now available in Italian from D Editore (2020) as Anarcoccultismo, and in Greek from Firebrand (2021) as Απόκρυφα Στοιχεία του Αναρχισμού — Με… Read more

  • Good Politics

    Good Politics

    “Where Foucault (1990) meets Deleuze and his fans, interesting things could happen. One might wonder why the rhizome becomes such an interesting metaphor for the Left at the historical moment it does. Where Bourdieu (1984; 1986) meets Deleuze, even more interesting things can happen…” Read more

  • Handbook of Marxism

    Handbook of Marxism

    I wrote the chapter on “Anthropology” in the forthcoming Handbook of Marxism (Vol.1-3) edited by Sara Farris, Beverley Skeggs, Alberto Toscano and Svenja Bromberg (SAGE, 2022). If I were to title it (beyond the “keyword” Anthropology) I would choose “Anthropology and Marxism: An Ethnography of Class and Identity”—come see me try my hand at the… Read more

  • Marginalizing Magdalena

    Marginalizing Magdalena

    One of my first peer-reviewed publications, “Marginalizing Magdalena – Intersections of Gender and the Secular in Anarchoindigenist Solidarity Activism” (2011) explores the logical and historical connections between gender and secularism, based on ethnographic research of collaborating Zapatista and anarchist activist collectives in support of indigenous peoples’ movements on Turtle Island. This article is a certain… Read more

  • Neoliberal Marijuana

    Neoliberal Marijuana

    I like to call one of my newest projects “Just Say No to Neoliberal Marijuana”. Outputs so far include my article in the Journal of Ethnobiology, “The Dangers of Health and Safety: Marijuana Legalization as Frontier Capitalism” Vol. 38, No. 4 (2018), and a brief editorial in The Independent, “Legalising Cannabis in the UK Will… Read more

  • LSE Public Lecture – Occult Features of Anarchism

    LSE Public Lecture – Occult Features of Anarchism

    A podcast of my public lecture at the London School of Economics, presenting Occult Features of Anarchism – With Attention to the Conspiracy of Kings and the Conspiracy of the Peoples (2019) is available here. This lecture took place March 20th, 2019, and was chaired by Mathijs Pelkmans of the Anthropology department. Event description (also… Read more

  • Eulogy for David Graeber

    Eulogy for David Graeber

    The eulogy I wrote for David Graeber, my mentor, partner and rival for many years, was published by The Sociological Review in October 2020 and can be found here. One of the most difficult things I have written. My chapter contribution “Anthropology” in The Handbook of Marxism (SAGE, 2022) offers one example of our many… Read more

  • Merry Crisis and Happy New Fear: The Movement Post-Occupy

    Merry Crisis and Happy New Fear: The Movement Post-Occupy

    Is it a panel? A play? Another instance of Georgia Sagri’s unique and revealing performance art? In any case there’s a lot more going on than first meets the eye in this unique event. Check out the photo montage and full length audio of this performance that Georgia Sagri, David Graeber an I crafted, titled… Read more

  • Caring Labour in the Academy

    Caring Labour in the Academy

    One day I will publish the first draft of this essay next to the final one, so that everyone can see just how bad things really are, and how much (self)censorship is required for survival (if you can call it that). Until then, enjoy draft six of Caring Labour in the Academy at The Sociological… Read more

  • Gossip as Direct Action

    Gossip as Direct Action

    “Gossip as Direct Action” in Contesting Publics: Feminism, Activism, Ethnography (Pluto, 2013) pulls no punches as a ‘personal’ ethnographic account of sexism within contemporary anarchist collectives. In the process I mobilize and develop classic feminist debates regarding the construction of “public” vs. “private” space to suggest that anarchists operate according to state logic more than… Read more

  • The Conspiracy of Kings, Class War and the Coronavirus

    The Conspiracy of Kings, Class War and the Coronavirus

    Read “The Conspiracy of Kings, Class War and the Coronavirus” by Erica Lagalisse and her alter-ego Spartacus Tonans, Supreme Magus of the Kitchen Garden 007˚ in Dope, Summer 2020, published by Dog Section Press, London, UK. Read more

  • Book Launch – Occult Features of Anarchism

    Book Launch – Occult Features of Anarchism

    Listen to the launch of Occult Features of Anarchism – With Attention to the Conspiracy of Kings and the Conspiracy of the Peoples (PM Press, 2019) at Freedom Bookshop in London, UK, which took place on February 7th 2020. The audio is hosted on Youtube (45 min). Note that the recording has been edited to… Read more

  • Italian translations

    Italian translations

    Occult Features of Anarchism – With Attention to the Conspiracy of Kings and the Conspiracy of the Peoples (PM Press 2019) was published in Italian by D Editore in 2020, under the title Anarcoccultismo: Dissertazione sulle cospirazioni dei Re e sulle cospirazioni dei popoli. Also in Italian, see interview with Elisa Lello in Malamente, n.20… Read more

  • The Limits of Radical Democracy

    The Limits of Radical Democracy

    One of my first academic publications (2010), this ‘Limits of Radical Democracy’ essay concerns gendered power in anarchist collectives. Some of its material regarding the gendered construction of ‘public’ and ‘private’ space was later more fully developed within ‘Gossip as Direct Action’ and ‘Good Politics’, yet keeners may want to read this earlier version as… Read more

  • Greek edition – Occult Features of Anarchism

    Greek edition – Occult Features of Anarchism

    Occult Features of Anarchism – With Attention to the Conspiracy of Kings and the Conspiracy of the Peoples (PM Press 2019) was published in Greek by Firebrand in 2021, under the title Απόκρυφα στοιχεία του Αναρχισμού. Με έμφαση στη συνωμοσία των βασιλέων και τη συνωμοσία των λαών. Read more

  • Español

    (Bibliografía abajo) Sobre Erica Michelle Lagalisse Erica Michelle Lagalisse es becaria postdoctoral en el Instituto Internacional de Desigualdades (International Inequalities Institute) del London School of Economics (LSE). Bajo la supervisión del Dr. Beverley Skeggs y con el apoyo del Fondo de Investigación de Quebec – Sociedad y Cultura (FRQSC), Erica Lagalisse realiza una investigación etnográfica… Read more