CFP: The Relevance of Michel Foucault in the Face of Global Surveillance, Post-Truth and New Forms of Governance (deadline: Apr. 30, 2026)

Labyrinth: An International Journal of Philosophy, Value Theory, and Sociocultural Hermeneutics is preparing an issue in honor of the 100th anniversary of Michel Foucault’s birth. The publication aims to highlight the continued relevance of Foucault’s conception of power. His analyses of power are particularly pertinent in the present age because he describes power not only as domination of […]

The Making of Oppression and Another (Outdated and Outmoded) SEP Entry on Disability that You Should Ignore

In a recent post on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, Mich Ciurria wrote: To regard race, animality, and disability as “intersecting” oppressions rather than one and the same oppression is, on [Aph] Ko’s view, politically and epistemically harmful, because it sows divisions, precludes solidarity, and obscures a deeper understanding of domination. “Animal,” she clarifies, “is a label. It’s […]

Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 8am EST

“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 […]

(My Presentation to) Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6

The sixth edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series that took place this week was outstanding, exceeding the expectations of the organizing team in every aspect. The presentations were amazing, fascinating, provocative, engaging, creative, insightful, mischievous, daring, insurgent. The Q and As were lively, respectful, committed, and concerned. The Chat conversations were […]

APA Tells Disabled Philosophers to F*ck Off (In a Manner of Speaking)

Earlier this week, the American Philosophical Association (APA) announced that it would discontinue its 2+1 experiment, the “experiment” whereby one of its three annual conferences would be held online and hence be accessible to disabled philosophers and other groups of philosophers otherwise excluded from the association’s events. You can read the stated rationale for this […]

Forget Emily in Paris. We’ve Got Jason in Toronto.

You may have watched the most recent episodes of “Emily in Paris,” but did you catch the recent Toronto Star op-ed “Jason in Toronto”? “Emily in Paris” is a Netflix series, several years old, about an American fashion consultant who takes dreary old Paris and Rome by storm. It is a series whose treatment of […]

Who Is More Progressive: You or Chat GPT?

Virtually all of the most renowned philosophers, politicians, authors, and activists on the Left today (as in the past) lack a robust political analysis of disability and ableism, an absence reflected in their writing and public pronouncements, their political demands, and their actions. Sure, some of them occasionally make a rhetorical gesture in this regard […]