I'm very happy to announce that the sixth volume of the HoPWaG book series, "Byzantine and Renaissance Philosophy", is now out! I just got my copies today.
116. Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò and Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on CabralPosted on 22 January 2023
Two scholars of the same name join us to shed further light on freedom fighter and political theorist Amílcar Cabral.
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412. Not Matter, But Me: Michel de MontaignePosted on 15 January 2023
In his Essays Montaigne uses wit, insight, and humanist training to tackle his favorite subject: Montaigne.
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115. Weapon of Choice: Amílcar CabralPosted on 8 January 2023
Amílcar Cabral, leader of a revolution against colonialism in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, rethinks culture and Marxist theory as bases for his struggle.
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411. Pen Pals: Later French HumanismPosted on 1 January 2023
Joseph Scaliger, Isaac Casaubon, and Guillaume du Vair grapple with history and the events of their own day.
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114. Teacher Taught Me: Julius NyererePosted on 25 December 2022
The first leader of independent Tanzania grounds his socialist ideas in traditional African values.
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410. Ann Blair on Jean Bodin's Natural PhilosophyPosted on 18 December 2022
A chat with Ann Blair about the "Theater of Nature" by Jean Bodin, and other encyclopedic works of natural philosophy. (Pictured: Prof Blair holding the annotated copy of Bodin's Theatrum she describes in the episode.)
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113. A Fighting God: Black TheologyPosted on 11 December 2022
After Albert Cleage and James Cone propose a liberatory interpretation of Christianity, William R. Jones wonders whether God is a white racist. We also follow Black Theology among “Womanist” authors and in South Africa.
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409. One to Rule Them All: Jean BodinPosted on 4 December 2022
The polymath Jean Bodin produces a pioneering theory of political sovereignty along the way to defending the absolute power of the French king.
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112. Poems That Kill: the Black Arts MovementPosted on 27 November 2022
African American literature of the late 1960s reflects the Black Power movement, in the works of such authors as Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Haki Madhubuti, Larry Neal, and Sonia Sanchez.
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- 18 January 20220 commentsListener James Hahn has taken the trouble to re-do the sound on older episodes of HoPWaG: 50 episodes and counting so far!
- 17 January 20220 commentsA few years ago the APA blog put up pages where Karyn Lai, Jonardon Ganeri, and I suggested how to integrate Chinese, Indian, and Islamic texts into philosophy teaching.
- 1 January 20228 comments
Happy New Year everyone! As we kick off 2022 I thought I would give you a preview of what to expect this year from HoPWaG.
For starters, in just the next few weeks the sixth volume of the book series, "Byzantine and Renaissance Philosophy," will appear in print.
- 2 December 20210 commentsI'm honored to have been asked to host the first episode of the new Journal of the History of Philosophy podcast!
- 25 November 20212 commentsMy "Very Brief Introduction to Philosophy in the Islamic World" is now available as an audiobook!
- 19 November 20210 comments
For World Philosophy Day this year (Nov 18, 2021) I gave an online talk in which I argued for the provocative thesis that philosophy is simply the same thing as the history of philosophy. You can now see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OYqrH8VFO8. Enjoy!
- 13 November 20210 comments
About four hours of new content have just gone up here on the site, under Bonus Episodes! In these recordings, I talk about philosophy of animals in the Islamic world, in four installments:
- 14 October 20210 commentsCheck out this wide-ranging and insightful interview with HoPWaG co-host Chike Jeffers, on the "New Voices in the History of Philosophy" podcast!
- 20 September 20210 commentsSept 27-30, 2021 I will be giving four (!) online talk
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Here is a new article I wrote for the New Statesman, about the role of authority and "thinking for yourself" in classical Islamic culture. It summarizes some of the themes of a book of mine that is coming out next year.
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Some of you may remember that Prospect Magazine nominated me for the "world's top 50 thinkers 2021" list, because of the podcast; voting is now in and I finished fourth, unbelievably! Thanks to everyone who voted.
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The sources and scope of the skepticism of Montaigne, Charron (pictured), and Sanches.
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