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06/05/2023 - 06/05/2023 | Essen

Book Presentation with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò presents his book "Elite Capture. How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)"

“Identity politics” is everywhere, polarizing discourse from the campaign trail to the classroom and amplifying antagonisms in the media, both online and off. But the compulsively referenced phrase bears little resemblance to the concept as first introduced by the radical Black feminist Combahee River Collective. While the Collective articulated a political viewpoint grounded in their own position as Black lesbians with the explicit aim of building solidarity across lines of difference, identity politics is now frequently weaponized as a means of closing ranks around ever-narrower conceptions of group interests.

But the trouble, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò deftly argues, is not with identity politics itself. Through a substantive engagement with the global Black radical tradition and a critical understanding of racial capitalism, Táíwò identifies the process by which a radical concept can be stripped of its political substance and liberatory potential by becoming the victim of elite capture—deployed by political, social, and economic elites in the service of their own interests. (Text: Haymarket Books)

OLÚFẸ́MI O. TÁÍWÒ is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of California Los Angeles. He has published in academic journals ranging from Public Affairs Quarterly, One Earth, Philosophical Papers, and the American Philosophical Association newsletter Philosophy and the Black Experience.

Information on participating / attending:
Participate on Zoom by following this link: https://uni-due.zoom.us/j/66436615590?pwd=V2xTR3VrRVpCcXJ6WTVyNys0T1ZIUT09

Date:

06/05/2023 18:00 - 06/05/2023

Event venue:

Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI)
Goethestr. 31
45128 Essen
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany

Target group:

Scientists and scholars, all interested persons

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Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Cultural sciences, History / archaeology, Philosophy / ethics

Types of events:

Presentation / colloquium / lecture

Entry:

04/24/2023

Sender/author:

Miriam Wienhold

Department:

Pressestelle

Event is free:

yes

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event74209


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