Nina Power is an English writer and philosopher. She formerly served as senior editor for the online magazine Compact, and regularly publishes in The Telegraph and The Spectator. She received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Middlesex University, and also has B.A. and M.A. in philosophy from the University of Warwick. She has taught at Middlesex, Orpington College, London College of Communication, Morley College, and was a senior lecturer in philosophy at Roehampton University. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the British Philosophical Association.
The New Iconoclasm

The New Iconoclasm

Today’s iconoclasts seek little more than a photograph in the newspaper, if not a prison sentence—think of the media-ready antics of Just Stop Oil, throwing soup on Van Gogh or spraying Stonehenge with orange paint. Any attention they might lend to their cause is smothered in a self-serving narcissistic love of the image of themselves performing destruction.

January 16, 2025