Description of graphic above: a rectangular image that states The Foucault Century Symposium at top and the dates of the conference and institution below. On the right, there is a drawing of a smiling Foucault holding a book. The Foucault Century 2026 marks the centennial of Michel Foucault’s birth and the 50-year anniversary of the publication of his landmark History […]
Dinosaurs Got Cancer and Other Mythical Assumptions of Philosophy Bros and Obnoxious Overlords in Philosophy
Daniele Lorenzini’s landmark collection The Foucauldian Mind was published at the end of July. I’m thrilled that my work on disability is included in the collection, not least because the chapters that it comprises, when taken together, comprehensively demonstrate why philosophers should relinquish their appeal to, and dependence on, self-serving claims and outdated assumptions according […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, August 19, 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 […]
Canadian Universities Set Up Secret Network to Crack Down on Student Pro-Palestine Demonstrators
The Breach has published an illuminating article about the secret network that Canadian universities set up and surveillance in which they engaged to crack down on student pro-Palestine demonstrators. Here is an excerpt from the article at The Breach: To find details about how your university was involved in the Network and its operations, go […]
Whither Foucault? Or, Another Lacuna in Canadian Philosophy Departments
In various posts here on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, I have pointed out that prospective disabled graduate students who want to study philosophy of disability/critical disability theory should not expect to do so in any informed and comprehensive way in a Canadian philosophy department. Liberal bioethics has occupied the corner of what can be said about disability […]
3 Things I Don’t Want to Read Today
Complaints about the air quality written by philosophers who continue to engage in air travel and eat animals or use products derived from animals. Complaints about the overcast and yellow sky written by philosophers who continue to engage in air travel and eat animals or use products derived from animals. Complaints about their (grand)parents’ headaches, […]
How Foucault Changed My Life (Guest Post by Daniele Lorenzini)
HOW FOUCAULT CHANGED MY LIFE By DANIELE LORENZINI [Description of photo below: Daniele, who has short dark hair, a beard, and mustache, stands in front of a wall with his arms crossed in front of him. He is wearing a long-sleeved shirt with buttons and a watch with a large face.] I first encountered the […]
Final Update on “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches,” a special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly
In just over two months, “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches,” the special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly that I have guest-edited to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Foucault’s birth on October 15, 1926, will be published! I’m thrilled with the contents of the issue and eager to share them with you. To […]
When Plato Gets Cancelled: Philosophy in the Age of Censorship
WHEN PLATO GETS CANCELLED: PHILOSOPHY in the AGE OF CENSORSHIP Martin Peterson, Formerly Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University in conversation with Karen Attiah, Founder of Resistance Studies Series June 24, 2026, Noon ET Virtual: http://www.resistancestudiesseries.com/salon
Canadian Cry-babies and MAiD
My fellow BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY blogger, Mich Ciurria, often uses the term cry-baby to refer to the privileged nondisabled white men who populate philosophy in the US and complain about the (flailing) democratization of the profession there. Yet Canada has its own share of cry-babies in philosophy, in academia more broadly, and elsewhere, as a survey […]
