George Ciccariello-Maher

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
George Ciccariello-Maher
Ciccariello-Maher.jpg
Born (1979-03-12) March 12, 1979 (age 45)
Residence Philadelphia
Occupation visiting scholar
Academic background
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
Thesis title Identity against Totality: The Counterdiscourse of Separation beyond the Decolonial Turn
Thesis url https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3c66g2x0
Thesis year 2010
Doctoral advisor Wendy Brown
Academic work

George Ciccariello-Maher (born March 12, 1979) is a visiting professor at New York University, who is best known as a teacher of Cultural Marxist propaganda.

Career overview

Ciccariello-Maher has taught politics at Berkeley, San Quentin State Prison, and the Venezuelan School of Planning in Caracas. He holds a B.A. in Government and Economics from St. Lawrence University, a B.A. Hons. and M.A. in Social and Political Sciences from St. John’s College, Cambridge, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Berkeley.[1]

Controversies

In 2016, Ciccariello-Maher was the subject of criticism from media outlets and social media users after he tweeted on Christmas eve,[2] “All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide.”[3] His Twitter feed at the time was filled with messages espousing racist views towards white people, attacks on Jews and President Donald Trump, as well as pro-Black Lives Matter and pro-communist sloganeering.[4] Drexel University officials issued the following statement:

Drexel became aware today of Associate Professor George Ciccariello-Maher's inflammatory tweet, which was posted on his personal Twitter account on Dec. 24, 2016. While the University recognizes the right of its faculty to freely express their thoughts and opinions in public debate, Professor Ciccariello-Maher's comments are utterly reprehensible, deeply disturbing, and do not in any way reflect the values of the University.[5]

He refused to apologize and alleged his remarks were "satirical."[6][7] Although it publicly condemned his tweets, Drexel University declined to punish Ciccariello-Maher.[8]

In March 2017, Ciccariello-Maher was heavily criticized for tweeting that he was "trying not to vomit or yell about Mosul" when a soldier was given a seat in first class on a flight he was on two days after the U.S. bombing of Mosul killed 200 civilians.[9][10]

Drexel's provost M. Brian Blake started an investigation into Ciccariello-Maher's communication on Twitter.[11]

Shortly after the October 1, 2017 Las Vegas shooting, Ciccariello-Maher posted tweets claiming the mass shooting in Las Vegas, which left 59 people dead and hundreds injured, was the product of a system that favors white males.[12] His statements, such as "It’s the white supremacist patriarchy, stupid", allegedly resulted in a number of death threats. Drexel University, citing safety concerns, placed Ciccariello-Maher on administrative leave.[13][14]

On December 27th, 2017 Ciccariello-Maher resigned from Drexel University.[15]

In January 2018, Cicarriello-Maher announced on Facebook that he was now a visiting scholar at New York University's Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics.[16]

Despite his extreme views, Cicarriello-Maher has been sympathetically depicted in a positive light by left-wing and far-left political figures, including Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia.

Works

  • We Created Chávez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013)
  • Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela. (London and New York: Jacobin-Verso, 2016)
  • A World Without Police: How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete. (London: Verso Books, 2020)

Selected publications

  • "Critique of Du Boisian Reason: Kanye West and the Fruitfulness of Double-Consciousness", Journal of Black Studies 39, No. 3 (January 2009), 371–401.
  • "The Internal Limits of the European Gaze: Intellectuals and the Colonial Difference", Radical Philosophy Review 9, No. 2 (Fall 2006), 139–165.
  • "Brechtian Hip-Hop: Didactics and Self-Production in Post-Gangsta Political Mixtapes", Journal of Black Studies 36, No. 1 (September 2005), 129–160.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "About," George Ciccariello-Maher. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Pfeiffer, Alex (2016). "Drexel Professor Has a History of Hating White People and Wishing for Their Genocide," The Daily Caller. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Huston, Warner Todd (2016). "Drexel University Professor’s Christmas Wish: ‘All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide’," Breitbart. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Gianakaris, Niki (2016). "Response to Professor George Ciccariello-Maher’s Tweet," Drexel Now. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Neff, Blake (2016). "Drexel White Genocide Prof Won’t Apologize, Says ‘Violent Racists’ Smearing Him," The Daily Caller. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Neff, Blake (2016). "Drexel Prof Wrote Long Paper Praising White Genocide," The Daily Caller. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  8. ↑ Neff, Blake (2016). "Drexel Prof Approvingly Quoted Leader Who Genocided Whites," The Daily Caller. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=George_Ciccariello-Maher&oldid=726527443"