The eugenic culture of Canadian philosophy, in particular, and Canadian and indeed North American society, more generally, did not emerge with the entrenchment in Canadian law and policy of Bill C-7 (the legislation that I discuss in “Disaster Ableism, Epistemologies of Crisis, and the Mystique of Bioethics,” my chapter in The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy […]
Brazil, Ableism, and Authoritarianism
With the presidential run-off in Brazil looming, the country may be on the precipice of tyranny. To remind followers of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY about some of what took place under the earlier Bolsonaro regime, I have copied below “Governing COVID in Brazil: Dissecting the Ableist and Reluctant Authoritarian” by disability theorists Francisco Ortega and Michael Orsini. […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Laura Cupples
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-seventh 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 […]
Draft Program for Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 7?
Some devotees of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY have written to ask when I will be posting a program for the upcoming Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 7 conference. Let me remind you that the conference has moved from its past December location to a spot in late January. So, Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 7 will take […]
Sexual Violence at Cornell and the Indignation of Philosophers
In a Facebook post today, I wrote: “Re. the incidents at Cornell: Why are so many philosophers acting so indignant in ways that imply that they themselves are not (actively) complicit in the sexual violence that occurs on campuses? How many survivor/victims have they helped? Personally speaking, I can attest that none of them helped […]
Quotes of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Tremain and Stanley on Fascism and Ableist Analyses of It
As you know by now, I have guest edited a special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on Foucault and feminist philosophy entitled “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches.” The issue, which was expected to be published at the beginning of the month, has been delayed. I attribute this delay to ableism, primarily. This […]
How Much Dark Money Is in Professional Philosophy?
One of the purposes of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY is to expose eugenic principles and practices within professional philosophy. As Shelley Tremain has argued persistently since founding this blog, the profession is largely animated by the spirit of “neoliberal eugenics,” such that “few philosophy departments (in the Global North at least) remain untouched by the eugenic vision […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Johnathan Flowers
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-sixth 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, August 19, 2026, at 8am 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 […]
Liberation at the End of Usefulness: On the Intersections of Disability, Animality, and Earth
Our amazing BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY blogger, disabled philosopher Mich Ciurria, has co-edited an inter/transdisciplinary collection entitled Liberation at the End of Usefulness: On the Intersections of Disability, Animality, and Earth with Amanda Williams and Nathan Poirier. The book is forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan and is due out at the end of 2026. The book now has […]
