Dr Justin Woodman
Justin’s interests are in speculative fiction, popular culture and racism and extremism within cultures of conspiracy.
Staff details
Dr Justin Woodman studied at Goldsmiths where he completed his doctoral research on concept and the politics of the ‘demonic’ within contemporary occultures in the UK. Current research interests include: esotericism, speculative fiction and popular culture; racism and political extremism within cultures of conspiracy; religion, cognition and the ‘New Atheism’.
Teaching
Dr Justin Woodman convenes the foundation year of the Integrated Degree in Anthropology.
He teaches the following courses:
Publications and research outputs
Book Section
- “Cthulhu Gnosis”: Monstrosity, Selfhood, and Secular Re-Enchantment in Lovecraftian Occultural Practice Woodman, Justin. 2021. “Cthulhu Gnosis”: Monstrosity, Selfhood, and Secular Re-Enchantment in Lovecraftian Occultural Practice. In: Bernd-Christian Otto and Dirk Johannsen, eds. Fictional Practice: Magic, Narration, and the Power of Imagination. Leiden: Brill, pp. 289-313. ISBN 9789004465992
- 'Becoming a Part of the Lurking Evil': Occultural Accelerationism,, Lovecraftian Modernity, and the Interiorization of Monstrosity Woodman, Justin. 2019. 'Becoming a Part of the Lurking Evil': Occultural Accelerationism,, Lovecraftian Modernity, and the Interiorization of Monstrosity. In: , ed. Dark Glamor: Accelerationism and the Occult. Goleta, California, USA: Punctum Books.
- Encyclopedia entries: “Chaos Magic”; “Lovecraftian Magic”; "Illuminates of Thanateros"; “TOPY”; “Sherwin, Ray”; “Carroll, Peter”; “Hine, Phil”; “Snell, Lionel” Woodman, Justin. 2019. Encyclopedia entries: “Chaos Magic”; “Lovecraftian Magic”; "Illuminates of Thanateros"; “TOPY”; “Sherwin, Ray”; “Carroll, Peter”; “Hine, Phil”; “Snell, Lionel”. In: , ed. The Dictionary of Contemporary Esotericism. Stockholm: Brill.
Article
- Spectral cities: Death and living memories in the dark tourism of British ghost walks Weston, Gavin; Woodman, Justin; Cornish, Helen and Djohari, Natalie. 2019. Spectral cities: Death and living memories in the dark tourism of British ghost walks. Urbanities, 9(2), pp. 36-51. ISSN 2239-5725
Thesis
- Modernity, Selfhood, and the Demonic: Anthropological Perspectives on "Chaos Magick" in the United Kingdom Woodman, Justin. 2003. Modernity, Selfhood, and the Demonic: Anthropological Perspectives on "Chaos Magick" in the United Kingdom. Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London
Research Interests
Anthropology of religion; contemporary esotericism and paganism; speculative literature and popular culture; the anthropology of evil; moral panics; cognition and the supernatural.
