CVC Lecturer publishes article on John Moriarty, May 2017

Contemporary Visual Culture Lecturer, Dr. Connell Vaughan has just published an article on the late Irish philosopher, John Moriarty. You can read it here:

 http://www.oarplatform.com/antiphonal-republic/

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