As I indicated in an earlier post, I am the Area Editor for Philosophy and Theory of Disability of The Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Disability Studies that Oxford University Press is developing for its Digital Reference Publications. I am very happy to report that the formation of the area is well underway and that many […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hypatia’s Ableist Legacy, co-authored with Nora Berenstain
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]
Responsibility and the Exclusion of Neurodivergent People, Other-than-human Animals, and Youths from the “Moral Community”
The following is my presentation for the 41st meeting of the International Social Philosophy Conference. I will be contributing to a panel on blame, equity, and moral community, focusing on the work of P. F. Strawson. Strawson is famous for arguing that moral responsibility is a matter of being able to participate in a “moral community” […]
The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability – Do You Have A Copy?
The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability was published in all formats 7 months ago this week! Thank you for making the book a success! More than six hundred copies of the book have been sold already! If you teach courses in philosophy/theory of disability, or if you want to incorporate cutting-edge philosophy of disability […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 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 “I’ve learned so much from Shelley Lynn Tremain’s Dialogues on Disability through the years (and found out about so much exciting work being done by disabled […]
On Another Dianoia Institute Tragedy and “Dire” Circumstances
Last week Daily Nous reported about the latest tragedy with respect to the Dianoia Institute at Australian Catholic University (ACU). I wrote about an earlier episode of this calamity in a previous post. You can find that post here. In the earlier post, I identified both the closing of the Dianoia Institute and other philosophy […]
CEASEFIRE NOW!
Image: 4 squares of lines, one inside the other, at the centre of the squares are the words “Cease” and “Fire,” the former above the latter
Congratulations to Our Blogger Mich Ciurria!
The team at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY extends its enthusiastic congratulations to our fellow blogger Mich Ciurria! The American Philosophical Association (APA) has awarded Mich the 2024 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Prize for their article, “Responsibility’s Double-Binds: The Reactive Attitudes in Conditions of Oppression,” which appeared in The Journal of Applied Philosophy in July 2022. This APA […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hypatia’s Ableist Legacy, co-authored with Nora Berenstain
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]
New Documentary about Anna Stubblefield, Derrick Johnson, Sexual Assault, and Facilitated Communication
I want to let readers/listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY know that there is a new Netflix documentary, entitled “Tell Them You Love Me,” about the circumstances leading up to the arrest of philosopher Anna Stubblefield for the sexual assault of Derrick Johnson, a disabled Black man; Stubblefield’s trial and conviction; and the aftermath of these events. […]
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