Gramsci on Madness and Fascism: Hegemony and Sanist Slurs By Robert Chapman Mad and neurodivergent people on the left often find ourselves in purportedly inclusive spaces where ableist and sanist language nonetheless circulates casually, most often as a way of dismissing political opponents. Words like mad, insane, or moronic are deployed as if they were […]
Disabled Feminist Academics Are Marginalized, Exploited, and Excluded in Every Context and at Every Level of the University
As readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY have witnessed, many, if not most, of my posts on the blog are concerned to identify the mechanisms, practices, and strategies by and through which the exclusion of disabled philosophers and the marginalization of philosophy of disability are produced. To take just one example, in a recent post, […]
Revisit or Catch What You Missed of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6: The Videos!
As I indicated in previous posts here at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, the latest edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series, namely, Philosophy, Disability, Social Change 6, was an outstanding event, exceeding the hopes and expectations of our organizing team and providing participants and attendees with memorable and highly rewarding experiences. Attendance at Philosophy, […]
Quote of the Week: MAiD, Bioethics, and the Culture of Eugenics in Canada
In a host of posts at BIOPOLITCAL PHILOSOPHY (for e.g., here, here, and here), in my monograph Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability, in “Disaster Ableism, Epistemologies of Crisis, and the Mystique of Bioethics” (my chapter in The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability), and in my forthcoming article in Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, I have […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 8am 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 “… 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 […]
Update on Special Issue of FPQ on Foucault and Marginalized Feminist Approaches and Perspectives
Facebook is buzzing in anticipation of the publication of The Foucauldian Mind in September to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Michel Foucault’s birth. Edited by the illustrious Daniele Lorenzini, this landmark text has 44 chapters written by important scholars of Foucault’s work. I am delighted to be in their company by contributing my chapter “Foucault: […]
(My Presentation to) Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6
The sixth edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series that took place this week was outstanding, exceeding the expectations of the organizing team in every aspect. The presentations were amazing, fascinating, provocative, engaging, creative, insightful, mischievous, daring, insurgent. The Q and As were lively, respectful, committed, and concerned. The Chat conversations were […]
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6): Day Three
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY’S EVENTS: (All times shown are in EST) Friday, January 30, 2026 10:00am-10:05am Welcome to Day Three of #PhiDisSocCh6 Shelley Lynn Tremain (BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY) 10:05am-12:05pm Panel: Anarchist and Marxist Influences and Fascist Confrontations Robert Chapman (Durham), “Boy Scout Fascism: Health Fascism in the Political Philosophy of Robert Baden-Powell” Nic Cottone (Michigan State), “Capitalism, […]
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6): Day Two
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY’S EVENTS: (All times shown are in EST) Thursday, January 29, 2026 10:00am-10:05am Welcome to Day Two of #PhiDisSocCh6 Shelley Lynn Tremain (BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY) 10:05am-12:05pm Panel: On the Birth of Foucault and the Abnormal Will Conway (Stony Brook), “’To Kill the Vanquished’: Rousseau at the Threshold of Biopolitics” Stephanie Jenkins (Oregon State), “On […]
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6): Day One
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY’S EVENTS: (All times shown are in EST) Wednesday, January 28, 2026 10:00am-10:10am Welcome to #PhiDisSocCh6 Shelley Lynn Tremain (BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY) and Melinda Hall (Central Florida) 10:10am-12:10pm Panel: The Politics of Identity and Identification Caroline Christoff (Muskingum), “The Normativity of Neurodiversity: How Atypical Behavior Impacts Identity” August Gorman (Oakland), “Am I the Problem? […]
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