Robert Chapman: Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism. London: Pluto Press, 2023, 204pp. (ISBN: 978-0-7453-4866-7)* ________________________________________________ In Robert Chapman’s Empire of Normality, they lay out a Marxist theory of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disabilities. Industrialization and modern capitalism made a huge difference for society’s view on disability. This is not to say that disability, or equivalent concepts, […]
Symposium on Empire of Normality – Some Intersectional Concerns about Empire of Normality by Johnathan Flowers
Robert Chapman: Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism. London: Pluto Press, 2023, 204pp. (ISBN: 978-0-7453-4866-7)* ________________________________________________ If I were to write the title for Chapman’s book, I would call it Empire of Normality: Capitalism and the Rise of the Pathology Paradigm, because the primary aim of the text seems to be not to articulate a thoroughgoing […]
Symposium on Empire of Normality – Reflections on Robert Chapman’s Empire of Normality by Jane Dryden
Robert Chapman: Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism. London: Pluto Press, 2023, 204pp. (ISBN: 978-0-7453-4866-7)* ________________________________________________ Robert Chapman’s new book provides a Marxist historical analysis of the development of the “Empire of Normality” alongside the development of capitalism. The “Empire of Normality” is “an apparatus of material relations, social practices, scientific research programmes, bureaucratic mechanisms, economic […]
Symposium on Empire of Normality – Empire of Normality: Correcting the Historical Record on Eugenic Capitalism by Mich Ciurria
Robert Chapman: Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism. London: Pluto Press, 2023, 204pp. (ISBN: 978-0-7453-4866-7)* ________________________________________________ Everybody should read Robert Chapman’s groundbreaking critique of neurocapitalism, Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism. This book fills a gaping hole in the literature by explaining the relationship between neurodiversity and capital from past to present. In my symposium contribution, […]
Introduction to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY’S Symposium on Robert Chapman’s Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
Robert Chapman: Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism. London: Pluto Press, 2023, 204pp. (ISBN: 978-0-7453-4866-7) _____________________________________________ This week, BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY is very pleased to bring you a symposium on Robert Chapman’s new book, Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, which was published by Pluto Press in November 2023. Immediately upon its publication, the book began […]
“Revolutionizing Responsibility,” Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, Vol. 10, nos. 1/2, 2024 – Guest edited by Mich Ciurria
Mich Ciurria’s double special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, whose theme is “Revolutionizing Responsibility,” has now been published (online). The issue comprises thirteen peer-reviewed articles (including my article “When Moral Responsibility Theory Met My Philosophy of Disability”) plus an introduction by Mich. The full double issue is here: https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/issue/view/1686 Many congratulations to Mich for this […]
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 […]
WITH LOVE & SOLIDARITY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ENCAMPMENT
Image below: photo of members of The University of Toronto encampment and supporters, including labour unions, at a rally this morning outside of Convocation Hall on The University of Toronto, St. George campus, not far from the location of the encampment. People, some under umbrellas, are gathered around a speaker at a microphone on the […]
FEMMSS8, Online, Jun. 6-7, 2024: Program and Registration Information
FEMMSS and Douglas College Present FEMMSS8:A Workshop on Technologies and Feminist ThoughtJune 6th and 7th 2024Register here to attend this workshop: https://douglascollege-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ikdemuqj8iEtCgL4l2QqWNXT4RX8_p8FRj Schedule:June 6th:7:30-7:50am Vancouver (10:30-10:50am Toronto) 20 min break12:40-2:10pm Catherine Hundleby Keynote Speaker (3:40-5:10pm Toronto) June 7th:7:30-7:50am Vancouver (10:30-10:50am Toronto)
Upcoming Symposium on Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, Jun. 3-7, 2024 (Updated)
A symposium on Robert Chapman’s groundbreaking new book, Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, will take place on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY from June 3-7, 2024. The symposium will comprise commentaries on the book by Mich Ciurria, Jane Dryden, Johnathan Flowers, and Sofia Jeppsson, as well as a response to these comments by Robert Chapman. From Monday […]
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