It’s hard to believe that Elizabeth Barnes continues to position herself as a credible authority with respect to critical philosophical work on disability and even philosophy of disability more formulaically defined. But here we are. In a contribution to a series of summer guest posts at Daily Nous, that is, Barnes has done exactly that. […]
Forthcoming Publication: “Disabling Bioethics: Notes Toward an Abolitionist Genealogy of Bioethics”
Here is some additional summer reading/listening for avid fans of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. The essay that appears below is forthcoming as a chapter in Genealogy: A Genealogy, edited by Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson and Daniele Lorenzini. Since my writing on disability is often appropriated without attribution or proper citation to me (not by you, dear fan/reader/listener!), I am […]
What Canadian Philosophers Won’t Do
The post below originally appeared on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY in April 2023 and is as pertinent now as it was back then. In this regard, consider its claims together with claims made in recent posts here and here. _________________________________________________________________________ Someone could easily come up with a host of things that Canadian feminist philosophers would, predictably, refuse […]
Everything American Is More; Even Gender
Everything American is more: more interesting, more special, more problematic, more controversial, more important, more urgent, more radical, more insightful, more progressive, more invested, more pertinent, more attention-grabbing, more useful, more instructive, more informed. So it should surprise no one that the participation of American philosopher Alex Byrne in the production of “Treatment of Pediatric […]
Call for Participants: Decolonizing Knowledge and Power Workshop (Reading Foucault), Online, Nov. 4-7, 2025 (deadline: Sept. 1, 2025)
Decolonizing Knowledge and Power WorkshopFigure of Study: Michel Foucault https://forms.gle/3ApXDiWEZpiZHDGC7 We’re excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2025 Decolonizing Knowledge and Power Workshop. This is an informal initiative led by a group of scholars passionate about critical theory and its relevance in the world today. The workshop will take place online via Google […]
Originally Posted March 3, 2019: Helen De Cruz and Prestige Bias (in Canadian Philosophy Departments)
I greatly admire Helen De Cruz who, in my view, exhibits a genuine commitment to diversity and inclusivity in philosophy, something that is rarer than most philosophers want to acknowledge. I especially appreciate the empirical and analytical work on prestige bias in philosophy that Helen has initiated and developed. In particular, I want to commend […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Nic Cottone
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-third 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 […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 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 “… 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 […]
More on Snyder, Shore, and Stanley Go to Toronto
I encourage readers/listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY who have followed discussions around these events to watch/listen to the captioned video (linked below) that Timothy Snyder made and posted to his Substack today. In the video, Snyder identifies and responds to several criticisms that many commentators have made about him and Marci Shore since the public announcement […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hiring Practices and Dirty Laundry
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) takes its inspiration from events that transpired on Daily Nous during the past week. For through a series of comments there, Paul Raymont, “Canadian Post-Doc,” and I made evident to the international readership of Daily Nous that Canadian philosophy departments give preference in hiring to American and […]
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