Why do women join white nationalist and other far-right movements? Misogyny is rampant on the alt-right, along with the notion that women’s primary role is to be wives and child-bearers. But the liberal centre can be an ambivalent place for women too. Feminism was founded on the ideal of equality, and on the belief that […]
Author: Malley, Mary
Tracy Llanera: Resentment, Guilt, and Shame Under Patriarchy Panel
Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera will be participating in a public panel on resentment, guilt, and shame under patriarchy live on Zoom on August 9, 2021. The event will begin with three short talks: Dr Louise Richardson-Self (UTAS) — “Affirmative Action, Gender, and Merit” Dr Tracy Llanera (UNDA/UConn) — “Misogyny, Feminism, and the Alt-Right“ Dr Filipa Melo Lopes (Edinburgh) […]
Tracy Llanera: Guest on “The Minefield”
Listen to Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera’s recent guest appearance on The Minefield with Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens on ABC Radio National. In a world marked by wicked social problems, The Minefield helps you negotiate the ethical dilemmas, contradictory claims and unacknowledged complicities of modern life. This episode addresses such questions as whether a […]
Tracy Llanera: Alt-Right, Misogyny, and Feminism
Listen to Tracy Llanera’s recent interview on Radical Philosophy (3CR Community Radio–Melbourne, Australia). Dr. Tracy Llanera discusses how the alt-right is different from other racist groups, what is meant by the term “White Power Barbie” and the exit cases of women from other extremist groups.
Jessica Tizzard: “Kantian Moral Psychology and Human Weakness”
Assistant Research Professor Jessica Tizzard’s article, “Kantian Moral Psychology and Human Weakness,” is forthcoming in Philosopher’s Imprint. *Abstract* Immanuel Kant’s notion of weakness or frailty warrants more attention, for it reveals much about his theory of motivation and general metaphysics of mind. As the first and least severe of the three grades of evil, frailty captures […]
Alexus McLeod: Editor of The Philosophical Forum
Congratulations to Alexus McLeod, who has been named the new editor of The Philosophical Forum! Since 1970, The Philosophical Forum has been publishing innovative, interdisciplinary contributions in contemporary philosophical inquiry and bridging the gap between analytical and Continental scholarship.
Lewis Gordon: “Race on Campus” Interview in The Chronicle
Read Lewis Gordon’s recent interview in The Chronicle, “Race on Campus.”
Katrina Van Dyke: Wood/Raith Living Trust Summer Graduate Student Fellowship
Congratulations to graduate student Katrina Van Dyke, who has been awarded a Wood/Raith Living Trust Summer Graduate Student Fellowship! She is the first philosopher to receive the award since the graduate student fellowship’s inception. Her project is titled Gendered Viewpoints and Objectification: Reconsidering Catharine MacKinnon’s Account of Desire and Power.
Lewis Gordon: 2021 International Studies Association Eminent Scholar
Lewis Gordon is this year’s Eminent Scholar, an award given by the Global Development Section of the International Studies Association. In addition to the plaque documenting the award, a panel devoted to the honoree’s work, followed by a reception, will take place at the association’s international meeting, which will take place next March in Nashville, […]
Lewis Gordon: Pan-African Forums, Africa Day
Professor Lewis Gordon served as a panelist on the Pan-African Forums: Africa Day event hosted by The Elephant. *** To commemorate Africa Day, we think about how Pan-Africanism has reproduced itself, evolved theoretically and practically in different spaces through reflection and critique, and catalysed a range of important initiatives all over Global Africa, focusing on […]