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 […]
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 […]
Upcoming Symposium on Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, Jun. 3, 2024
As I indicated in a previous post, a symposium on Robert Chapman’s groundbreaking new book, Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, will take place on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on June 3. The symposium will comprise commentaries on the book by Mich Ciurria, Jane Dryden, Johnathan Flowers, and Sofia Jeppson, as well as a response to these […]
The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability is Selling Out Around the World
Paperback copies of The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability are sold out again on amazon.ca (Canada) and both paperback and hardcover copies of the book are sold out on amazon.au (Australia), although shipment of it finally arrived there only on Friday. Although this news makes me very happy in some respects, I encourage you […]
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 […]
CFP: In the Shadow of Eugenic Thinking: Legacies of Eugenics in the UK, Hybrid, May 3, 2023 (deadline: Apr. 14, 2023)
A one-day symposium jointly hosted by the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics and the Centre for Memory Narrative and History, University of Brighton Wednesday 3rd May, 10am-5pm, Online and in-person This symposium will bring together activists, academics, practitioners, educators and artists to explore the legacy of eugenics in the UK. Although overt forms of eugenic thinking […]
Impostor Syndrome & the False Idol of Intelligence
*I want to thank Meghan Schrader and Neil Levy for commenting on earlier drafts of this post. Neil Levy recently published an interesting take on impostor syndrome, explaining why it’s so common. He says that “pretense is an unavoidable element of coming to occupy a professional role.” So, in a sense, we’re all faking it. I […]
Transhumanism is Eugenics for Educated White Liberals
Transhumanism as “newgenics” Vice just published an article on how “prominent AI philosopher and ‘father’ of longtermism,” Nick Bostrom, “sent very racist email to a 90s philosophy listserv.” Bostrom “said that ‘Blacks are more stupid than whites,’ adding, ‘I like that sentence and think it is true,’ and used a racial slur.” The article mentions that the […]
Happy New Year! Is 2023 the Year for Non-linear Time?
Kinship Time I’ve been seeing a lot of progress reports on social media. In light of this, let me remind you that linear time is a social construct. You do not need to live up to a productivity schedule that follows a linear timeline. Indigenous philosopher Kyle Whyte of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation writes that […]
How Medico-capitalism Fuels Over-diagnosis and Over-medication
I’m surprised that there’s controversy over the claim that people are over-diagnosed and over-medicated in a laissez-faire capitalist society. The medical establishment is part of a capitalist order that classifies and commodifies everything for profit, including human emotions and behaviours. Capitalism also suppresses dissent and resistance in order to maximise profit at the expense of […]
