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 […]

Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Mylène Legault

Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the one hundred and sixth 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 […]

Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews John Henry Reilly

Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and fifth 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 16, 2023, at 8 am 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 […]

Madpeople’s Coping Mechanisms, Oxford/Hybrid, Sept. 25-6, 2023

Organized by Paul Lodge and Sofia Jeppsson Madpeople/service users/psychiatric patients are a heterogenous group. Indeed, there’s evidence both of variety on a neurological level and of quite different phenomenologies even among people with the same diagnosis (e.g., bipolar disorder or schizophrenia) and/or the same “symptom label” (e.g., mania or thought insertion). It should therefore not […]

Autistic Experience in the Majority World, Wed. Apr. 26, Online

Autism and neurodiversity are terms that are gaining use in everyday conversation. The recognition of the diversity of neurological being represents a paradigm shift. Discussions about this have traditionally been orchestrated in a few countries in the west. This is a problem because it cuts us off from relevant world history, human context and opportunities. […]

Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Robert Chapman

Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the ninety-second 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 […]