Luxemburg, Lenin, and Sankara on National Self-Determination
Introduction—National Self-Determination and the Contemporary Conjuncture
The questions of nationalism and national self-determination present a highly polarized contradiction within the global conjuncture. The tension of...
Survival and Self in Audre Lorde (on her birthday)
In her poem “Sacrifice,” Black feminist poet Audre Lorde (1934–1992) gives words of warning about inheritance and the transmission of knowledge across generations:
Unless we...
The Contingent Risk of Humane Entrenchment
In my recent book Humane, I outline a modest and narrow argument that making objectionable practices less objectionable—especially in the name of reducing suffering—can...
Everywhere You Look: On the Conspiracy of Experience and the Demands of Philosophy
The title of Adam McKay’s allegory for global warming and media satire, Don’t Look Up, is, in the end, quite literal in terms of...
What if Refugees Designed Asylum?
Polish soldiers met the people seeking asylum at the Poland-Belarus border with water cannons. As refugees froze to death in the woods, Poland declared...
Introducing: Law and Philosophy Series
The APA is excited to launch its new blog series, Philosophy and Law, with Sabeen Ahmed as series editor. In this introductory post, Sabeen...
Do We Have a ‘Bias Bias’?
How rational are we? And if we are not rational, how could we tell, since we would have to rely on our reasoning to...
Misandrogyny and Cisgender Discomfort
In this post, I want to explore a few ideas about a system of oppression that targets gender non-binary and non-conforming persons. I begin...
Affirming Accountability: Confessions of a Cyber-Sex Addict
My name is John Altmann, and I'm a recovering sexist and more pointedly, a recovering cyber-sex addict of over twelve years. During the course...
“Or So They Tell Us”: Thinking with Bayard Rustin
It appears that in our current moment one must be either for change or against it. Those who are not actively fighting are pronounced...