Alasdair Cannon
Writer on psychoanalysis, politics and culture
New from Routledge · October 2026
Psychoanalysis and Fascism: A Reader
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Alasdair Cannon is a British-Australian writer and researcher based in London. He is co-editor and co-author, with Tom Fielder, of Psychoanalysis and Fascism: A Reader (Routledge, 2026), and the sole author of Infinite Discontent: Writings on the Allure of Fascism (2024) and the essay collection Holding Patterns (2022).
His essays, poetry and creative writing have appeared in Arena Quarterly, The Manchester Review and Metanarratives. He holds an MA in Psychoanalytic Studies from Birkbeck, University of London, and is director of the not-for-profit publisher eidolon ink.
Books
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Psychoanalysis and Fascism: A Reader
Psychoanalysis and Fascism: A Reader brings together the most significant papers from a century-long history of psychoanalytic writings on fascism. Co-edited by Alasdair Cannon and Tom Fielder, the book includes a diverse and comprehensive view of the major contributions to the field, from its inception to the present day.
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Infinite Discontent: Writings on the Allure of Fascism
The Capitol Riots, the Great Replacement Theory, Trump’s call to ‘terminate’ the US Constitution. Fascism is back—and today, it has seduced liberal societies and people worldwide. Infinite Discontent: Writings on the Allure of Fascism examines how fascism colonises the liberal mind.
Profits go to anti-fascist, anti-racist and feminist charities.
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Holding Patterns
Essays blending memoir, cultural criticism and psychoanalysis.
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The archive book of posts from Infinite Discontent’s companion site. 2024–2026.
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Articles
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Kanye’s Black Nazism
Arena Quarterly, no. 22
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Let Down: Radiohead, BDS, and art in a time of genocide
Medium
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Ghostwritten
Metanarratives
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Pridesongs
The Manchester Review, Issue 26
Projects
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Infinite Discontent
A companion site to the 2024 book, exploring the rise of fascism in our world today.
infinitediscontent.eidolon.ink
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eidolon ink
The not-for-profit publisher directed by Alasdair Cannon.
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Edited at eidolon ink
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I Wait for the Halfway Echo
Edited and proofread by Alasdair Cannon
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Floyds Gone
Edited and proofread by Alasdair Cannon
Contact
Enquiries about commissions, essays, reviews and editing are welcome.