Welcome to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY! BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY aims to provide the philosophical community with a forum for critical analysis of biopolitical asymmetries and other mechanisms and effects of power in philosophy and beyond. The BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY insignia in the banner depicts a dandelion, suggesting life, networks, systems, and change (photo credit: James Niland). BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY will […]
NAZA (directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor)
I have been wondering whether NAZA, the outstanding new documentary film about the Israeli Defense Force’s (IDF’s) use of AI in the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza (directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and produced by The Guardian and some of the makers of the brilliant and chilling film Zone of Interest) would soon […]
Remembering the Murder of Tracy Latimer and the Culture of Eugenics in Canada (and Canadian Philosophy)
The eugenic culture of Canadian philosophy, in particular, and Canadian and indeed North American society, more generally, did not emerge with the entrenchment in Canadian law and policy of Bill C-7 (the legislation that I discuss in “Disaster Ableism, Epistemologies of Crisis, and the Mystique of Bioethics,” my chapter in The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy […]
Children’s Liberation is Disability Justice: The Youth Revolution Will Be Televised
Kate Gosselin, Kody Brown, Joshua Duggar… Reality TV gives the impression that most if not all children are being abused. (Can you name a single family-based reality TV show from 2000-2010 that hasn’t beenimplicated in child abuse? I can’t). This month, Collin Gosselin, one of the eight children featured on TLC’s Jon and Kate Plus […]
Brazil, Ableism, and Authoritarianism
With the presidential run-off in Brazil looming, the country may be on the precipice of tyranny. To remind followers of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY about some of what took place under the earlier Bolsonaro regime, I have copied below “Governing COVID in Brazil: Dissecting the Ableist and Reluctant Authoritarian” by disability theorists Francisco Ortega and Michael Orsini. […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Laura Cupples
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-seventh installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philosophers and post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of each month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for […]
Draft Program for Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 7?
Some devotees of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY have written to ask when I will be posting a program for the upcoming Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 7 conference. Let me remind you that the conference has moved from its past December location to a spot in late January. So, Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 7 will take […]
FREE PALESTINE
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Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 8am ET
“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. … I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “… a major contribution to our understanding of the field and the people in it.” — Vanessa Wills “I’ve learned so much about ableism in philosophy […]
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Michel Foucault’s Birth in 1926 (Updated with Additions)
Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of Michel Foucault’s birth in Poitiers, France on October 15, 1926. A number of events and publications have been initiated to mark the occasion. Many conferences and workshops have already taken place earlier in the year. Various publications to mark this momentous occasion have appeared throughout the year, including special […]
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