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Joff P. N. Bradley
Philosophical work
Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	Contemporary philosophy
Institutions	Teikyo University
Main interests	Continental philosophy, philosophy of technology, philosophy of education, media theory, aesthetics
Notable works	Schizoanalysis and Asia; Deleuze, Guattari and Global Ecologies of Language Learning

Joff P. N. Bradley is an academic and author whose work concerns continental philosophy, philosophy of technology, philosophy of education, media theory and aesthetics. He is professor of English and philosophy in the Faculty of Foreign Studies at Teikyo University in Tokyo, Japan.

Bradley's research draws particularly on the work of Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Bernard Stiegler, Paul Virilio, Martin Heidegger and François Laruelle. His publications apply continental philosophy to education, digital technology, animation, language learning, postmedia, smart cities, ecological crisis and the Japanese phenomenon of hikikomori'

Academic career

Bradley is a professor in Teikyo University's Department of Foreign Languages and Division of International Cultures. His international academic appointments have included visiting and research positions at the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju, Kyung Hee University, Jamia Millia Islamia, the Academy of Korean Studies and the National University of San Martín. He has also taught or held visiting appointments at institutions in the Philippines, India, France and the United Kingdom.

Research and writing

Bradley's work combines philosophy with cultural, educational and media analysis. A recurring concern is the application of Deleuze and Guattari's concept of schizoanalysis to contemporary technological and cultural conditions. His writings examine the relationship between subjectivity, digital media, capitalism, language, education and ecological crisis.

In Schizoanalysis and Asia: Deleuze, Guattari and Postmedia (2022), Bradley considers how schizoanalysis can be developed through Asian philosophical, cultural and technological contexts. He subsequently co-edited Deleuze, Guattari and the Schizoanalysis of Postmedia (2023), which applies schizoanalytic concepts to digital platforms, capitalism, technological subjectivation and environmental crisis.

Bradley has also written extensively on Stiegler's philosophy of technology and education. He edited volumes of essays on Stiegler and contributed to special issues of Educational Philosophy and Theory devoted to Stiegler's work.

With David R. Cole, Bradley developed a Deleuzo-Guattarian approach to language learning and ecological pedagogy in Deleuze, Guattari, and Global Ecologies of Language Learning (2023). The book was reviewed by Levi Durbidge in the Australian Review of Applied Linguistics.

Other areas of Bradley's research include animation and philosophy, Japanese and Korean media culture, postmedia theory, urban technology, artificial intelligence and social withdrawal. His article “What has happened to desire? The BwO of the Hikikomori” uses concepts from Deleuze and Guattari to examine social withdrawal.

Bradley and Virgilio A. Rivas introduced the term “metacrisology” to describe a mode of thought that examines crisis itself in relation to climate change, technological acceleration and symbolic misery.

Selected books

Cole, David R.; Bradley, Joff P. N. (2016). A Pedagogy of Cinema. Sense Publishers. ISBN 9789463005548. See, Tony; Bradley, Joff P. N., eds. (2016). Deleuze and Buddhism. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137567055. Cole, David R.; Bradley, Joff P. N. (2018). Principles of Transversality in Globalization and Education. Springer. ISBN 9789811305825. Bradley, Joff P. N.; Cheng, Catherine Ju-Yu, eds. (2021). Thinking with Animation. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781527571662. Bradley, Joff P. N. (2022). Schizoanalysis and Asia: Deleuze, Guattari and Postmedia. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538157756. Bradley, Joff P. N.; Lee, Alex Taek-Gwang; Manoj, N. Y., eds. (2023). Deleuze, Guattari and the Schizoanalysis of Postmedia. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350180505. Bradley, Joff P. N.; Cole, David R. (2023). Deleuze, Guattari, and Global Ecologies of Language Learning. Peter Lang. ISBN 9781433191640. Bradley, Joff P. N. (2023). On the Détournement of the Smart City: A Critical Post-Media Study of the Smart City in Korea, Japan, and India. Asia Culture Center. ISBN 9791192402420. Bradley, Joff P. N. (2024). Critical Essays on Bernard Stiegler: Philosophy, Technology, Education. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781527592117. Bradley, Joff P. N.; Hwang, Ho-Duk; Kang, Woosung, eds. (2024). On Critical Postmedia and Korea: Philosophy, Technology, Literature. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781666945447.

Selected articles

Bradley, Joff P. N. “Stiegler Contra Robinson: On the Hyper-Solicitation of Youth.” Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2015. Bradley, Joff P. N. “The Eyes of the Fourth Person Singular.” Deleuze Studies, 2015. Bradley, Joff P. N. “On the Philosophy of Trembling: Negen-U-Topia, Sun Death, Ecosophy.” Utopian Studies, 2019. Bradley, Joff P. N. “On the Gymnastics of Memory: Stiegler, Positive Pharmacology, and Illiteracy.” New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2021. Bradley, Joff P. N. “On the Prospects of Virilio’s Pedagogy of the Image.” Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2021. Bradley, Joff P. N. “What Has Happened to Desire? The BwO of the Hikikomori.” Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024. Bradley, Joff P. N., and Virgilio A. Rivas. “Towards a Philosophy of Metacrisology.” Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2026.