This is a kind reminder of the CfP below for a special issue “Azimuth. Philosophical Coordinates in Modern and Contemporary Age” (Issue 1/2026), co-edited by Matteo Santarelli (University of Bologna) and Chiara Montalti (University of Bologna) Theorising Disability and Neurodivergence. Philosophical Foundations and Challenges Disability and neurodivergence have garnered growing interest in philosophy, as evidenced by several essays and […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
My work as editor of the Philosophy and Theory of Disability area of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Disability Studies is winding down. Overall, the experience of putting together this collection of articles has been remarkably valuable. The authors whom I selected and recommended to write for the encyclopedia have produced outstanding pieces on their respective […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Many readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY will recognize that the title of this post includes the question that trans philosopher Talia Bettcher posed in a YouTube video of the same name which she produced and circulated on Facebook earlier in the week. When I saw the Facebook post about the video, I was worried. […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Bloomsbury Academic is seeking books that integrate crip studies and transgender studies for Bloomsbury Academic’s Trans Studies book series, written by scholars from any discipline in the h…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
1. A Cartography of Philosophy on/of Disability – Introduction by Chiara Montalti & Brunella Casalini ( 2. The Epistemological Significance of Blindness in Plato’s Rep…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
If you are a new reader/listener of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY or unfamiliar with work that I have published in other contexts, you likely do not know that, over a number of years, I have devoted a gr…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Special Editor: Lucia Morawska (Richmond, The American International University in London) “The Polish Journal of Aesthetics” Volume 77 (2/2026) Submission deadline: 30 Septem…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
[The text below comprises the keynote address that I gave (via Zoom) to the Dimensions of Difference Conference at Beacon College yesterday. The conference was organized by Professor Zachary Isrow …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) draws attention to the marginalization of Foucauldian scholarship on disability and the continuing absence of critical phi…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
The past week has been a whirlwind. The inauguration of Donald Trump to the Office of the U.S. Presidency on January 20 will go down in history as a flashpoint that precipitated sweeping social and…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This post is intended to announce the much-anticipated publication (Rowman & Littlefield) next month of Technology and Equality*, edited by Sven Ove Hansson and Colleen Murphy. I am delighted t…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
I am putting the finishing touches on “Disabling Bioethics: Notes Toward An Abolitionist Genealogy,” my contribution to Genealogy: A Genealogy, edited by Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson and …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
As I recently pointed out on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, October 15, 2026, will mark the centennial anniversary of Michel Foucault’s birth, with plans underway to commemorate Foucault in a varie…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
My colleague Angeles Eraña an me have recently seen our chapter on the Zapatista emancipatory project and tzotzil ontology finally in print, now that The Oxford Handbook of Applied Philosophy of La…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY