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. […]
Feminist Exclusions and Why You Need This Encyclopedia
My work as editor of the Philosophy and Theory of Disability area of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Disability Studies is winding down. Overall, the experience of putting together this collection of articles has been remarkably valuable. The authors whom I selected and recommended to write for the encyclopedia have produced outstanding pieces on their respective […]
Poster for Feminist Re-readings of Michel Foucault, Paris, 7–8 Nov 2025, Hybrid
Image: The title of the conference in French across the top-half of the poster amidst two multi-coloured outstretched hands. At the bottom of the poster, my name as the keynote speaker and the address of the venue and institutional supporters. The conference program can be found here: https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/10/20/feminist-re-readings-of-michel-foucault-hybrid-7-8-nov-2025-sciences-po/
Feminist Re-readings of Michel Foucault, Hybrid, 7–8 Nov 2025, Sciences Po
DERPs and Their Exclusionary Conferences
It’s a big weekend for DERPs and their conferences. You may recall (as I indicated here) that DERPs is the acronym for Disabled Exclusionary Righteous Philosophers, the term that I coined to refer to philosophers who (apparently without shame) variously organize, attend, participate in, promote, or fund inaccessible– that is, exclusionary–and unsustainable philosophy conferences. Here […]
STAL Seminar: Luvell Anderson, “Theories of Reclamation,” Online, Oct. 27, 2025, 14:30 CET
The Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) network (https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/home), an international and interdisciplinary network whose primary aim is to promote work on slurs, pejoratives, expressives and evaluative terms from less studied languages, invites you to the first talk of the 2025-2026 academic year, given by Luvell Anderson (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and entitled “Theories of Reclamation”. […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, October 15, 2025
“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 […]
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6)!
As readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may recall, I organized the first five editions of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conferences (links to the videos of which are available here) with the support of Jonathan Wolff under the auspices of the Alfred Landecker Chair in the School of Government at the University of Oxford. […]
September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation/Orange Shirt Day: The Story of Orange Shirt Day
Image: a circle that comprises four pairs of hands with fingers outstretched. At the centre of the circle, in capital letters, the words “EVERY CHILD MATTERS”. THE STORY OF ORANGE SHIRT DAY (from The Orange Shirt Society website) Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) Residential School (1891-1981) Commemoration Project […]
Philosophy and Disability, Special Issue of Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies
1. A Cartography of Philosophy on/of Disability – Introduction by Chiara Montalti & Brunella Casalini (https://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/558) 2. The Epistemological Significance of Blindness in Plato’s Republic. Bridging Ancient Philosophy and Disability Studies – by Lorenzo Giovannetti (https://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/522) 3. Amending Heidegger’s Hermeneutic Phenomenology Based on Disabled People’s Lived Experiences – by James B Wise (https://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/486) 4. Understanding Models and Theories of Disability: A Historical Approach […]
