I am very happy to present “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches,” the amazing special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly (12 [2/3] 2026) that I have guest edited to commemorate the centennial of Michel Foucault’s birth on October 15, 1926. Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 12 (2/3) 2026: “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches” https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/issue/view/2385 Finally, Foucault: […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Stephanie Jenkins
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-eighth 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 […]
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 […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, September 16, 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 […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hypatia’s Ableist Legacy, co-authored with Nora Berenstain
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]
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 […]
CFP: Othering and Otherness in Philosophy (deadline: Sept. 30, 2026)
This special issue of SATS – Northern European Journal of Philosophy focuses on otherness and othering in philosophy. This issue explores themes around plurality, diversity, inclusion, and exclusion within philosophy. We welcome papers that focus on thematically on otherness and othering in philosophy and welcome papers that mix philosophical analysis with personal experience, and/or address the relationship between theory and praxis […]
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 […]
Whither Foucault? Or, Another Lacuna in Canadian Philosophy Departments
In various posts here on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, I have pointed out that prospective disabled graduate students who want to study philosophy of disability/critical disability theory should not expect to do so in any informed and comprehensive way in a Canadian philosophy department. Liberal bioethics has occupied the corner of what can be said about disability […]
