Here are some of the posts (with links) that shaped our thinking and active resistance in 2025. The BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY bloggers wish you the best possible New Year. Yours in struggle and solidarity. January 2025 Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Canadians on Conscientious Objection, Trudeau Jr., and Annexing Canada (Tremain) Strawsonian Responsibility and […]
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6), Unapologetically Online, Jan. 28-30, 2026: Final Program and Registration!
BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY and Ethically Speaking at The Center for Ethics at the University of Central Florida (UCF) ENTHUSIASTICALLY INVITE YOU TO: Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6) January 28-30, 2026, Online The Philosophy, Disability and Social Change conference series, now in its sixth year, comprises workshops, roundtables, and panel presentations by disabled philosophers and their allies whose […]
Feminist Philosophy of Climate Change: Climate Change Adaptation Through the Feminist Kaleidoscope, February to May, Online
This online seminar series explores the intersections of feminist perspectives and climate change, engaging with themes such as values, trust, epistemologies, injustice, uncertainty, diversity, activism, and emotions. Each session features a short talk followed by an open discussion with invited speakers.You can visit each event page for a session summary and video recording. SEMINAR SPRING […]
Show Your Support for Philosophy Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6)
With Jonathan Wolff’s retirement earlier this year, came the end of Oxford University’s support for the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series. Henceforth, the primary sponsors/funding bodies of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change are the Center for Ethics and Department of Philosophy at The University of Central Florida. Nevertheless, the team behind Philosophy, Disability, […]
Draft Program of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6), Online, Jan. 28-30, 2026
Here is the draft program of the upcoming edition of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change: Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6). Registration for the conference will open soon. Check back frequently! Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6) January 28-30, 2026 (All times are EST = GMT – 5hr; CET – 6hr; CST + […]
More News About Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6)
Conference organization and planning continues! Yesterday, I met with Melinda Hall (School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Central Florida-UCF) and Jonathan Beever (Center for Ethics, University of Central Florida-UCF), as well as Jamie Morris, our illustrious tech expert who resolved some outstanding questions with respect to the platform and logistics of the conference. We are […]
No More Bhopals, University of Bremen/Online, Dec. 2, 2025
On the night of 2–3 December 1984, a leak from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the central Indian city of Bhopal released over forty tonnes of methyl isocyanate gas, exposing more than half a million people to one of the deadliest industrial disasters in recorded history. More than 30,000 have been lost, and over […]
Latest Issue of Foucault Studies Is Out!
The Fall 2025 issue of Foucault Studies has been published today. You can find the issue here: https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55841 Foucault Studies is the only international journal in the English language devoted to the work and influence of Michel Foucault. Since its inception in 2004, it has been publishing top-rate research on or inspired by Foucault entirely open […]
News about Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6
As December approaches, readers/listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may be wondering why they have been given so little information about the upcoming sixth edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change online conference series. I want to remind you, therefore, that Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 will unapologetically take place online from January 28 to […]
Unbecoming Persons: The Rise and Demise of the Modern Moral Self by Ladelle McWhorter
Unbecoming Persons: The Rise and Demise of the Modern Moral Self, Ladelle McWhorter’s fascinating genealogical study of the notion of personhood, is hot off the press. Here is a description of this wonderful new book: A damning genealogy of modern personhood and a bold vision for a new ethics rooted in belonging rather than individuality. […]
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