The Absent/Distressed/Healing Body; Feminist Philosophy of Mind; The Practice of Solidarity

An essay and two events (including one at the new time of 7pm ET/9am (Wed) AET)

Dear all,

New event times! For those of you used to not being able to watch our events because they are at an inconvenient time, the Tuesday event this week will start at 7pm Eastern/9am (Wed) Australian Eastern. There will be a total of six events this series at this new time. I hope it will be convenient for many of those who were previously excluded.

Your Sunday Read
“The Absent Body (and Beyond)” by Drew Leder. Back in 1990, Drew Leder wrote one of the classic contemporary works of phenomenology, The Absent Body. Since then, Leder has published follow-up books on illness and incarceration (The Distressed Body) and the process of re-integrating all that illness has torn asunder (The Healing Body). In this essay, Leder talks us through his 30-year engagement with the philosophy of embodiment, an engagement that has always been informed by his own experiences with chronic pain. You can read his essay here.

Monday Event: 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm UK (N.B. This event will last 75 minutes)
“Feminist Philosophy of Mind”: Janine Jones, Amy Kind, and Naomi Scheman in conversation with Jennifer McWeeny

What is the mind?
Whose mind is the model for the theory?
To whom is mind attributed?

This conversation between four leading feminist philosophers of mind will focus on the body-mind relationship and the fresh ways that this relationship is being described by feminists, philosophers of race, and decolonial theorists. The participants will also consider the development of feminist philosophy of mind as a field and discuss exciting new directions in the area, such as recent work on imagination, empathy, panpsychism, and machine intelligence. You can find out more and register here.

Tuesday Event: 7pm ET/9am (Wed) AET
“The Theory and Practice of Solidarity”: Mie Inouye in conversation with Daniel Martinez HoSang

An event in partnership with Boston Review!

Solidarity is a key word in struggles for a more just world – but what does it mean, and how can movements build enough of it to change society?

Rejecting the language of “allyship” and the politics of deference, political theorist Mie Inouye will make the case for maintaining solidarity through conflict in durable institutions over time, none of which is possible without the hard work of good organizing. In conversation with organizer and race, ethnicity, and migration scholar Daniel Martinez HoSang, she will discuss her vision of coalition building and ways to achieve solidarity across difference. You can find out more and register here.

Recording of last week’s event
For those of you who missed Monday’s event on “The Weirding of the Analytic-Continental Divide” featuring Tzuchien Tho and Peter Wolfendale, you can watch the recording here.

Ending
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Wishing you all a lovely Sunday, wherever you are.

Anthony Morgan
Editor