New Books in Philosophy Kim Q. Hall, "Queering Philosophy" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
Sep 20, 2022
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The Door Incident
- Kim Q. Hall describes an experience at a philosophy conference where a white man repeatedly opened and closed the door of a panel in a marginalized subfield.
- The audience, composed of underrepresented groups, shared laughter, recognizing their shared marginalization within the field.
Humility in Queer Knowing
- Queer experience involves understanding oneself in relation to pre-existing categories that may not fully capture one's identity.
- This leads to humility, an awareness of what's excluded from group definitions, crucial for coalition building.
Biopower, Necropolitics, and Socrates
- Hall discusses biopower and necropolitics, highlighting how optimizing life for some populations often coincides with rendering others disposable.
- She examines this in philosophy's narratives, particularly the trial and death of Socrates, questioning whose lives are deemed worthy of examination.