The latest issue of Marginalia reprints a 2018 interview with Carlos Fraenkel and me on decolonializing philosophy.
https://themarginaliareview.com/decolonizing-philosophy-samuel-loncar-i…+
422. The World’s Law: Richard HookerPosted on 28 May 2023
Richard Hooker defends the religious and political settlement of Elizabethan England using rational arguments and appeals to the natural law.
124. Double Jeopardy: Black FeminismPosted on 21 May 2023
Toni Cade Bambara, the Combahee River Collective, and Awa Thiam critique white feminist and black nationalist failures to recognize the unique struggle of the black woman.
421. With Such Perfection Govern: English Political ThoughtPosted on 14 May 2023
The evolution of ideas about kingship and the role of the “three estates” in 15th and 16th century England, with a focus on John Fortescue and Thomas Starkey.
420. No Place Will Please Me So: Thomas MorePosted on 7 May 2023
What is the message of the famous, but elusive, work Utopia, and how can it be squared with the life of its author?
123. History Teaches Us: Walter RodneyPosted on 30 April 2023
Pan-Africanist and Marxist historian Walter Rodney rethinks Black Power, engages with Rastafari, and opposes racial division in his home country of Guyana.
419. Write Till Your Ink Be Dry: Humanism in BritainPosted on 23 April 2023
Humanism comes to England and Scotland, leading scholars like Thomas Eylot and Andrew Melville to rethink philosophical education.
Image: Queen Elizabeth's translation of Boethius
122. A More Human Face: Steve BikoPosted on 16 April 2023
Famous for his killing at the hands of the Apartheid government in South Africa, Steve Biko was also a deep thinker, who introduced the notion of Black Consciousness.
418. Diarmaid MacCulloch on the British ReformationsPosted on 9 April 2023
A leading expert on the history of the Reformation joins us to explain the very different stories of England and Scotland in the 16th century.
121. No Agreement: Fela Kuti and Wole SoyinkaPosted on 2 April 2023
The political and musical revolution of Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat, the social critique of his cousin, the playwright Wole Soyinka, and the extraordinary career of Fela's mother Funmilayo.
417. To Kill a King: The Scottish ReformationPosted on 26 March 2023
John Knox polemicizes against idolaters and female rulers, while the humanist George Buchanan argues more calmly for equally radical political conclusions.
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That's the topic of an online panel discussion I'll be participating in next week, Monday May 29. You can register here: https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/what-is-public-philosophy
- 4 May 20230 commentsI did a little post for the blog Pasts Imperfect on "expanding the history of philosophy", which has just appeared:20 April 20230 comments
Exciting news! As many podcast listeners have requested over the years, we are now putting up transcripts of selected episodes, namely the ones that appeared as interviews. Thanks to a voice recognition specialist and a small army of volunteers, dozens of them are ready to read now! In due course we hope to have all the interviews available in text form.
19 April 20230 commentsGood news! My book with University of Notre Dame Press (@UNDPress) is going to come out in paperback! Next spring, in 2024. Of course the hardback is already available:19 April 20230 commentsI am advertising a three year postdoc position here in Munich to work on the philosophy of the Baghdad School! Details here:
https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/22293ec46426c62b4b59c8e373aade63f2…
30 March 20235 commentsThanks to an ingenious listener, I now have transcripts of all the interview episodes in a raw form; these were done by automatic voice recognition, so they have some errors (though astonishingly few) and some other drawbacks, for instance no indication of who is saying what. I thought I might appeal to the listeners out there for volunteers to prepare some of these transcripts for publishing on the website, since this would be a valuable resource.
24 March 20230 commentsHere is my guest appearance on the "Dogs With Torches" podcast! On authority and scholasticism.
13 March 20230 commentsOnline benefit philosophy conference for Ukraine!11 March 20230 commentsHere is my appearance on the Swiss TV show "Sternstunde" together with Anke Graness, talking about global philosophy! (In German.)
10 March 20230 commentsA new guest podcast appearance! In which Tom Kasulis and I are interviewed by Julian Baggini. We talk about the use of thought experiments in philosophy, focusing on Islamic and Japanese philosophy.
https://www.julianbaggini.com/how-to-think-like-a-philosopher-ep3/
6 March 20230 commentsThe Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies invites applications for a Professorship (W2) (6 years/tenure track) of Philosophy, especially History of Philosophy of Modern Age to the Present, commencing as soon as possible.
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