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 […]
Brazil, Ableism, and Authoritarianism
With the presidential run-off looming in Brazil, 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 […]
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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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Sexual Violence at Cornell and the Indignation of Philosophers
In a Facebook post today, I wrote: “Re. the incidents at Cornell: Why are so many philosophers acting so indignant in ways that imply that they themselves are not (actively) complicit in the sexual violence that occurs on campuses? How many survivor/victims have they helped? Personally speaking, I can attest that none of them helped […]
Philosophers, Laptops, and Mortadella
Yesterday, my weekly Saturday pilgrimage to Nonno’s (vegan) Butcher in the Hamilton Farmer’s Market was sabotaged by an exploding laptop battery. I bet that you did not know that was a thing: the exploding battery, that is, not the vegan butcher. For if you have enjoyed a vegan deli sandwich anywhere north of the Canada-US […]
Me, Mich, Monet, Melissa, Marcon, and (Vegan) Merchants
When I am not writing or trying to write or editing someone else’s writing or just reading someone else’s writing, I like to look at art. I’m currently reading a biography about Jean-Michel Basquiat by Doug Woodham, which means that I am looking at (representations of) art and reading someone else’s writing simultaneously. Tomorrow, I […]
