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Public Philosophy and Political Activity
‘public philosophy’ today (ppt): Chong-Ming Lim discusses how we ought to approach so-called “respectability politics” in public philosophy
A Buddhist-Informed Institution of Higher Education in Australia
‘public philosophy’ today (ppt): Dr Juewei Shi explains how the Nan Tien Institute in Australia embodies Buddhist values to undermine educational pedagogy
On Developing an Ear
‘public philosophy’ today (ppt): Janette Dinishak reflects on personal experiences of publicly engaged philosophy and how they have positively influenced their approach to philosophical inquiry on autism (read by Nameera Akhtar)
Polyhedral Vision
alternative art arenas (aaa): Sofia Galli explores pluralism in a new musical/poetic/philosophical experiment
Making Public Philosophy
‘public philosophy’ today (ppt): M. Oreste Fiocco explores different notions of philosophy as a subject matter and as an activity
‘public philosophy’ today (ppt): new opp blog series
check out our new blog series: ‘public philosophy’ today (ppt)!
The Heterotopic Cultural Garden of Metelkova
alternative art arenas (aaa): Philip de Jong and Sofia Galli explore Foucault, heterotopia and Metelkova mesto
Pacifism and Prisons
explicitly political philosophy (epp): Tena Thau asks, what do prisons have to do with pacifism?
alternative art arenas (aaa): new opp blog series
check out our new blog series: alternative art arenas (aaa)!
The Nonerotics of Pedagogy
explicitly political philosophy (epp): Mary Peterson on teacher-student sexual misconduct
explicitly political philosophy (epp): new opp blog series
opp is exxcited to launch a new blog series: explicitly political philosophy (epp)!
turn 2 launch reflections
opp launched turn2 on monday 29 nov 2021. here you can read more about what inspired turn2, and catch up on the launch party!
do you feel inspired? have something to contribute to our discussions? write / create for us and get published on the opp blog!
the oxford public philosophy blog is a space for critically questioning what philosophy is and how we're doing it.
we welcome work that investigates received assumptions about the nature and aims of philosophical inquiry, including contributions that question structural norms of currently dominant research programmes. opp will contribute to rigorous discussion of these matters in part through openness to different genres, styles and themes.
we accept pitches and pieces of all forms, including but not limited to
prose essays ✶ poetry ✶ visual art
the aim is to make room for the possibility of strengthening, broadening or contesting our interpretative frameworks and field of consideration.
we also publish reviews of
films ✶ music ✶ books (fiction and non-fiction) ✶ lectures
that can help us to reimagine what ‘philosophical inquiry’ is, broadly conceived.
opp will endeavour to acquire review copies of proposed books for the reviewer upon request. book reviews and prose essays should be around 1,500 words in length, and follow our guidelines. (though we encourage creative engagement with our own practices)
submissions and pitches are open on a rolling basis.