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Capitalist Elites Are Capturing Higher Education: Where Are the Critics?
Philosophers need to speak up about the capture of philosophy by capitalist elites, with the help of corporate shills in the profession. The term “elite capture” is used by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò to describe “how political projects can be hijacked in principle or in effect by the well-positioned and resourced,” as well as “how public […]
Bantu Ontology and the Ontological Turn, SOAS, University of London/Online, Oct. 27, 14:00-16:00 (UK Time)
The Centre for Global and Comparative Philosophies is pleased to invite you to the 18TH LECTURE in the SOAS World Philosophies Lecture Series. The Lecture will be delivered by Angela Roothaan, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Here are the details: Title: Bantu Ontology and the Ontological Turn – a discussion of the (non)-relation between anthropological theory […]
CFP: Teaching in Hostile Contexts (deadline: Feb. 15, 2024)
Teaching in Hostile Contexts Edited ByAlida Liberman Paper Submission Deadline: Thursday, February 15, 2024 American Association of Philosophy Teachers Studies in Pedagogy is an anonymously peer-reviewed annual journal dedicated to publishing thematically focused volumes of original works on teaching and learning in philosophy. We are seeking traditional essays, short personal reflections, and practical resources about the topic […]
A Philosophical Defense of Youth Suffrage
The following is an edited translation of an interview that I gave to Die Tageszeitung, a cooperative-owned German daily newspaper. The interviewer was Valérie Catil. A philosopher on children’s right to vote For the philosopher Mich Ciurria, not letting children vote is a form of discrimination. She demands voting rights from birth. Wochentaz: Dr. Ciurria, the governing parties […]
Hermeneutic Vanity
We finally make a word in. We finally get to say something about us, about our experience. They finally get quiet for just an instant and we are heard. But they are so used to it always being about them, about their lives, their values, their experiences that they immediately interpret our words in a […]
Inaugural Stuart Hall Essay Prize (deadline: Nov. 6, 2023)
The Stuart Hall Foundation is pleased to invite submissions for the inaugural Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, the prize invites new and unpublished writing that connects with Stuart Hall’s ideas and impacts broad public discourse. The prize will award £2,000 to a selected writer whose […]
Nothing about Us without Us: Did Philosophers Get the Memo?
Nothing about Us without US (NAUWU) By now, most people are familiar with the slogan “nothing about us without us” (NAUWU). As a call for disability justice, NAUWU was popularized by disabled activists in the 1990s. The slogan means that nondisabled people should not produce content about disabled people without involving disabled people. As James Charlton says, NAUWU is […]
Forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Applied Philosophy of Language
Oxford University has just announced the forthcoming publication of The Oxford Handbook of Applied Philosophy of Language, edited by Ernie Lepore and Luvell Anderson. Description of the book’s cover: A cartoon image of a half-open mouth next to several speech balloons with the names of the editors on the top right corner. Underneath the image, the […]
Disabled People Should Define Disability
The dominant definition of disability in our society is the medical one. On the medical model, a disability is an impairment or functional limitation of an individual’s body. The medical model sees disability as something that should be fixed, cured, or accommodated. It locates the problem in the individual rather than the built environment. The […]
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