this argument against "balkanisation = weakness" has always been used against non-western philosophies in western academy. now we have a concrete example of how that sounds to majority world.

A new book on Japanese Animal Ethics from our JP Phil research team in Edinburgh! link.springer.com/bo... @SchoolofPPLS

In Japanese philosophy, unlike the atomised Western self, we are ‘ningen’ (人間), each enmeshed with other humans and nature @takeshimorisato.bsky.social

I wrote an essay on the out-of-print JP translation of Du Bois' "Souls" for its publisher's magazine, and now they have decided to reprint the title. One solid win for Africana philosophy.

This week we are reading these three books by Kwame Ture, Steve Biko, and Huey Newton, questioning the myth of coalition and skepticism against the naïveté or dishonesty of liberals before the White(supremacist) power. a series of examples from media that makes them prophetic.

it's clear that major Black thinkers in the 20th century had read and possibly corresponded with Walter Lippmann.

My article on Japanese ethics is out @aeonmag!: The Japanese ethics of ‘ningen’ dethrones the Western self – aeon.co/essays/the-j... Special thanks to Philosophy Bites for very thoughtful editorial suggestions and intellectual support for Japanese & Africana philosophy!

My first JP essay on Africana philosophy was accepted for publication—so, thinking about reshaping it for my upcoming talk in Taiwan. I compare what's happening in the United States today (apropos of the 14th amendment) to the time of "The Souls of Black Folk." @HenryTien0719

We talked about the concept of "white man's burden" & how it was popularised through art, media, political discourse, etc., & how consistent with the rise of Yellow Peril (黄禍). Also, we covered how the term "man" did not only refer to males. Kipling is a Nobel prize winner.

Also, if philosophy is too Euro-ethnocentric & anti-non-western philosophy, doing well in academic career generally means that we comply with the dominance voice & as Carter G Woodson would argue, in this context, being more educated & successful is actually quite harmful?

All points are valid and even more interesting & prophetic to reread it during the second term. cup.columbia.edu/boo... @ColumbiaUP @BryanVanNorden

We are reading this out-of-print book by Alexander Crummell in a 3rd year course on Black philosophy: "Civilization and Black Progress" www.upress.virginia.... UVA Press has agreed to make it available on print-on-demand. Stay tuned for that day!

For Axander Crummell, civilisation & industrialism were incompatible. Every Black scholar (as for any other intellectual) must also be a "philanthropist," who is eager to discover & encourage other geniuses, governed by generosity. How is our academy doing?

何世紀にもわたる植民主義の影響による「支配的な労働観」や「その労働を中心にシステム化された社会」に対する2009年フランス圏カリブ海ゼネストを介して、フランス圏カリブ海文学史・思想史を往還的な創造的カオス論として紹介しているのが素晴らしい。 @n_a_k_a_m_u_u @jimbunshoin

9hrs layover at Heathrow and it came down to this view as being the best from a reclining bench between gate A11 and A12 in T5.

Who wants to "Venture into Black Philosophy" in Year 3 from next week with me (before getting hit so hard by @DrTJC in Year 4 & PG)? http://www.drps.ed.a...

A student under my supervision wrote a MA thesis on Dōgen and since it was so well written already at the first draft stage, I recommend him to submit it for publication and it was accepted. This was not supervising but learning from the better student of Zen.

Such a great series. @philipgoff.bsky.social was excellent, as was Gilbert Markus talking about 'Is God Nothing?' (of interest to anyone thinking about inter-religious dialogue and concepts of the divine). @takeshimorisato.bsky.social @theosthinktank.bsky.social

Introducing the Clay-Gilmore Institute for Philosophy, Technology, and Counterinsurgency open.substack.com/pub/mironjcl...

On 5:50 train to London and my reading for the ride.

The viva/doctoral defence of the second Black Ph.D. philosophy student (ever in the history of our 442 year old university), Mr. Tony Baugh (@trbaugh), was concluded yesterday. Beware America. Dr. Baugh will be back in the States like Césaire in Martinique!

フランス語圏カリブ海思想・文学史が非常に分かりやすくまとめられている小冊子です。分厚い研究書に手を出す余裕がない人、すでに読んだが通史を復習しておきたい読者におすすめです。http://www.fukyo.co.... @fukyosha

日本で出版業界の調子があまり良くないという知らせが、英国まで届いています。読める本は読んで応援していければと思いました。

@caribphilのブログ『Caliban's Reaings』に向けて、日本語におけるカリブ思想・文学研究を複数的世界哲学の観点から紹介する記事を執筆中です。方法論的記事一本と、中村隆之さん(@n_a_k_a_m_u_u)と中村達さん(@japa_maican)をそれぞれ紹介する記事を一本づつ書いています→caribbeanphilosophy....

Nishitani’s Awakening to Awakening: The Art of Touching the Emptiness in Sensation Steve Lofts (King’s University College, London, Canada) Date: December 9 (Tue) Time: 18:15–19:30 Venue: Underground Big Conference Room (地下大会議室), Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University

CfA: Identity and Ideology: An Open Dialogue between Mexican and Japanese Philosophy Online Conference | March 4–6, 2026 www.facebook.com/sha...

Why not celebrate #worldphilosophyday by subscribing to @thenewworldmag.bsky.social - that will give you access to well over 100 of my philosophy columns there

A new book on the Kyoto School by @NNakamura126362 with endorsements from @GregorySMoss2 and me. Available @wipfandstock: wipfandstock.com/979...

今まで読んだ日本思想史研究書の中で群を抜いて読みやすく、多岐に広がる議論も明晰かつ豪快。政治思想史における諸定説をバッサリ切り捨てたり、周知の歴史的事実をおそらく前例がないような非常に興味深い角度から解説する手法も強烈に印象的でした。 @takuya1969 @UT_Press

A Hungarian book on Zeami and Noh in Japanese philosophy: www.racio.hu/?p=kiad... We will for sure translate this into English someday.

The inaugural volume of the new World Philosophies series (with an endorsement from @DrTJC) is finally out! we will change the history & decolonise philosophy one volume at a time from Edinburgh: edinburghuniversityp... @EdinburghUP

黒人文化を文献研究や西洋の古典的な歴史学や地政学などの観点からではなく口伝伝承・記憶の伝統（Mnemonic tradition)として捉えているのが素晴らしい。新書という限られたスペースで濃厚な即興性と日本の読者にとって親しみやすい創造性に富んだ入門書であると思います。

PPLS #philosophy graduate now a postdoctoral fellow @utoronto.ca Dr Miron Clay-Gilmore provides a deep exploration into Africana philosophy, race, and the politics of knowledge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fmE... (1/2)

A fantastic explanation of Africana Philosophy from the first Black student to earn a PhD from Edinburgh's Philosophy Department, Dr. Miron Clay-Gilmore.

Here I am explaining @EdinburghUni's "Race Review" and Africana philosophy research before diving into Du Bois' The World and Africa at the workshop @Meiji_Univ_PR.

Managed to meet family over the very short 3 day trip to Tokyo 🗼

Giving a talk on Du Bois’ “Man-Not” in “The World and Africa” (1947). prezi.com/view/ljYMW...

Daryl Jamieson in action for exploring the "hollow expanse" (i.e., emptiness) at the First of the World Philosophies Lecture Series this academic year in Edinburgh. @DarylJamieson @SchoolofPPLS

This is so good. I hate grapefruits in the UK grocery stores but now I look at them differently: youtube.com/shorts/O...

I am reading Herbert Aptheker's Introduction to 1976 version of "The World and Africa" (where he explains how the reception of the first edition was, how Du Bois tried to republish in 1953 & 55 but couldn't & how we ended up with the current 1965 version). archive.org/details/...

an event organised by Inoue Enryō centre in Japan.

Harlem was very nice to me. Definitely the most favorite part of the NYC.

here is the link to today's slide: prezi.com/view/ZncRq...

Heading to day one of the conference!

A diner in Queens feels like any other diners anywhere in the States: & they always remind me of all the papers that I wrote for BA and MA in philosophy.

This week I am heading to talk about the relation of decolonial feminism and BMS in NYC: marnialazreg.work

I got to see the work of Alioune Diagne (@aliounediagne_officiel) at @mcndakar in Dakar. He turns old black&white images in colonial postcards into colourful paintings and the medium is none other than sugar. There is an amazing decolonial philosophy behind his art.

Models of Black Thought: Philosophy Department Annual Opening of the Semester Lecture 2025, by Michael Thomas. Sept 25 at 17:30–19:00. Please register at: secr.wijs-fgw <[email protected]>. aihr.uva.nl/content/...

Call for papers Colloquium “Decolonial activism: Challenges and Perspectives” University of Liege – 20-21 May 2026 www.irss.uliege.be/u... Les abstracts de 500 mots sont attendus pour le 30 novembre 2025

a trailer for whats to come next week in NYC.