This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]
CEASEFIRE NOW!
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Upcoming Symposium on Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, Jun. 3, 2024
As I indicated in a previous post, a symposium on Robert Chapman’s groundbreaking new book, Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, will take place on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on June 3. The symposium will comprise commentaries on the book by Mich Ciurria, Jane Dryden, Johnathan Flowers, and Sofia Jeppson, as well as a response to these […]
CEASEFIRE NOW!
Image: 4 squares of lines, one inside the other, at the centre of the squares are the words “Cease” and “Fire,” the former above the latter
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 8 a.m. 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 “I’ve learned so much from Shelley Lynn Tremain’s Dialogues on Disability through the years (and found out about so much exciting work being done by disabled […]
Advice for (Disabled) Canadian Philosophy Students about Graduate Study in Philosophy of Disability/Critical Disability Theory
I was so caught up in the events surrounding the publication of The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability that I neglected to offer a report on Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4 subsequent to the conference. The presentations were fantastic and the question periods that followed them were exceptionally lively. The book launch allowed […]
All That’s Happening on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
It was a busy Fall insofar as I was preoccupied with the last production stages of The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. December rolled around and the publication of the book took place on the 14th, which publication coincided with Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4 on the 14th and 15th. Then, January was […]
Request for Some Assistance (in Advance of the Eastern APA)
Dear All, On the eve of my departure to the Eastern APA in New York, I am distraught and would be extremely grateful if someone (preferably a privileged philosopher) were to offer some assistance. As you may have read in previous posts at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, I am scheduled to present at the Eastern APA on […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at 8 am 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 “I’ve learned so much from Shelley Lynn Tremain’s Dialogues on Disability through the years (and found out about so much exciting work being done by disabled […]
Some of Our Favourite Posts of 2023
As the year comes to a close, a review of some of our favourite posts from the year seems apropos. I have catalogued these posts according to the month in which they were initially posted. The list below is by no means exhaustive of the fantastic posts made at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, especially insofar as the […]
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