Philosophy &Social Criticism, Ahead of Print. Michel Foucault’s The Birth of Biopolitics is generally acknowledged as a pioneering study of neoliberalism, presenting it not merely as an economic theory but also as a mode of government. There is muc…
Philosophy &Social Criticism, Ahead of Print. Societal polarization has given rise to opposing groups that fight each other as enemies and that have very different ideas about what should be done and about what is the case. This article investigate…
Philosophy &Social Criticism, Ahead of Print. Two decades ago, Tarana Burke started using the phrase ‘me too’ to release victims of sexual abuse and rape from their shame and to empower girls from minority communities. In 2017, actress Alyssa Milan…
Philosophy &Social Criticism, Ahead of Print.
Philosophy &Social Criticism, Ahead of Print. Drawing on Bernard Williams’s Truth and Truthfulness and Miranda Fricker’s Epistemic Justice, this article presents an epistemic argument for democracy on the basis of its ability to incentivize more pe…
Philosophy &Social Criticism, Ahead of Print. To the extent that philosophy deals with the blush, it is almost always as the pink blush of shame. Such is philosophy’s seeming obsession with the latter, there remains the risk of something important …
Philosophy &Social Criticism, Ahead of Print. Modern thinking about democracy is largely governed by the concept of constituent power. Some versions of the concept of constituent power, however, remain haunted by the spectre of totalitarianism. In …
Philosophy &Social Criticism, Ahead of Print. This article explores the complexities of Marcuse’s philosophical anthropology in light of Foucault’s criticisms of Marcuse and the Frankfurt School. While Marcuse’s theory of human nature is grounded u…
Philosophy &Social Criticism, Ahead of Print. This article explores the role of practical political theory in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. I argue that BLM represents a multifaceted engagement with the complicated politics of redemption t…
Philosophy &Social Criticism, Ahead of Print. Kant’s writings on political philosophy do not clearly and conclusively determine its place and significance in his critical philosophy. To address this issue, most accounts of Kant’s political philosop…