[New Entry by Antonia LoLordo on March 9, 2026.]
Recent years have seen a surge of philosophical interest in Cugoano’s Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery.[1] This is a response to canon-expansion movements, the growth of scholarship in Africana philosophy, and the text’s important contributions on a number of issues. On the face of it an abolitionist text, Thoughts and Sentiments also intervenes in debates concerning freedom, responsibility, punishment, moral epistemology,…
Poststructuralism as a Regime of Truth: Foucault and the Paradox of Philosophical Authority
Foucault’s critique of power and knowledge shaped poststructuralism, yet its rejection of truth risks becoming its own orthodoxy. To remain...
