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 […]
CFP: “… the point is to change it,” 40th Anniversary of the RPA, Nov. 17-19, 2022 (deadline: Jul. 15, 2022)
The Radical Philosophy AssociationConference Program Committee invites submissions of 250-500 word abstracts for talks, papers, workshops, roundtable discussions, and other kinds of conference contributions for its 15th biennial conferenceto be held at the University of North Florida from November 17 to 19, 2022. Conference Theme The past several years have been characterized by an onslaught […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain With Alex Bryant
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the sixth-anniversary installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I’m 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 discussion with disabled philosophers about a […]
CFP: Ships in the Proletarian Night: Contemporary Marxist Thought in France and Britain, Mar. 25-27, 2021 (Deadline: Nov. 9, 2020)
25th – 27th March 2021 Alison Richards Building, Sidgwick Site, The University of Cambridge Confirmed keynote speakers: Razmig Keucheyan (University of Bordeaux), Stathis Kouvelakis, Julia Nicholls (King’s College London), Kristin Ross (New York University) In the 1840s, Marx moved west: exiled from Germany, forced into France, joining Engels in Britain. Each step was pivotal to […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Michelle Ciurria
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the sixty-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 discussion with disabled philosophers […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, September 16th, at 8 am EST
“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 “The Dialogues on Disability platform … has been very helpful to me, especially at times where I did not feel I belong in the world of […]
Marx and Philosophy Review of Books
The Marx and Philosophy Review of Books publishes online reviews of books in the area of Marxism and philosophy interpreted very broadly as regard both ‘Marxism’ and ‘philosophy’. Material appearing in The Marx and Philosophy Review of Books may be reproduced for non-commercial use provided proper credit is given to the author and The Marx and Philosophy Review of […]
CFA: Critical Theory Workshop/Atelier de Théorie Critique Summer Research Program, Paris, Jun. 29-Jul. 17, 2020 (deadline: rolling until Mar. 15, 2020)
CRITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP ATELIER DE THÉORIE CRITIQUE Summer Research Program 2020 Sorbonne – EHESS / Paris, France Founding Director: Gabriel Rockhill PRACTICAL INFORMATION Location: EHESS, 105 boulevard Raspail, 75005 Paris, France Tentative Dates: June 29-July 17, 2020 Contact: Rosa Dolet Languages: English & French (events in French will be translated into English so knowledge of […]
The Historical Origin of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Guest Post)
Guest Post by Patrick S. O’Donnell Thanks to Patrick S. O’Donnell for sharing his thoughts regarding the historical origin of PTSD. He wrote in response to a recent article published on Quartz, “Palestine’s head of mental health services says PTSD is a western concept”. Patrick S. O’Donnell is an independent researcher and writer, published primarily […]
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