Proquest had the gall to ask me for a fee to distribute my dissertation. A bit miffed, I thought I'd rather post it online myself, which I've done here:

Dissertation PDF

I welcome any comments or suggestions by email. If you don't have the time to leisurely read 250 pages at this moment, here's a brief abstract:

John P. McCormick, author of Carl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism: Against Politics as Technology, discusses renowned political theorist and fascist Carl Schmitt's troubling critique of liberal politics. We also discuss technology, Martin Heidegger, the Weimar Republic, Catholicism, Marxism, and why climate change can't be solved by a czar.

In this episode dedicated to animals and media, historian Etienne Benson discusses the electronic surveillance of wildlife and media theorist Jussi Parikka talks about insects as technology. We also chat about animal studies, surveillance, biopolitics, Deleuze & Guattari, and why tracking technology isn't so creepy.