...Light Ethics: A Theory of Permissive Consent and its Moral Metaphysics (Oxford University Press, 2022) Honorable Mention: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò (Georgetown University), Reconsidering Reparations (Oxford University Press, 2021) 2024 John Dewey...
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò’s Against Decolonisation: Taking African Agency Seriously delivers a clearly-articulated and well-supported defense of its eponymous thesis. It should come as no surprise to longtime readers of Táíwò that...
...the distinction between the “political” and the “ecological” is false, as in the work of Rosi Braidotti, Axelle Karera, Romy Opperman, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Nancy Tuana, Kyle Whyte. To understand...
...the 20+ speakers that have “visited” our reading group since March 2021: Olufemi Taiwo, Kok-Chor Tan, Derrick Darby, Andrew Cohen, Katrina Forrester, Andrew Valls, John Torrey, Samuel Freeman, Lionel K....
...sessions with Marion Hourdequin, Bill McKibben, and Kyle Whyte; live panels organized by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Robin Zheng; symposia with pre-watch and/or pre-read talks and live Q&A; a collaboration...
“The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways,” he famously said. “The point, however, is to change it.” Karl Marx penned these words as a set of...
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò is Professor of African Political Thought at the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A. He has taught at universities in Canada, Nigeria, Germany, South...
...a bit farther here, and name one possible mechanism through which white supremacy links race and life chances. In an illuminating recent discussion, Olúfémi O. Táíwò points out that “many...
...excerpt from an interview with Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò. This interview has been edited for length. The full interview is available at What Is It Like to Be A Philosopher? In this interview, Olúfẹ́mi...
...Kian Mintz-Woo, Gisele Secco, Olúfẹmi Táíwò, Robin Zheng, and others have been essential contributors. Any philosophers of color who want to collaborate with us are welcome to come and shape...
