Symposium Description How we as human persons understand and relate to the world has long been fodder for contention. In the pursuit of absolute, universal truths, the occidental philosophical canon has found itself in a rigid dogmatism that casts out the roles of spirituality, land, and the-more-than-human-world in the formation of our understanding of reality. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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