Critical race theory – Uneasy Essays

On the Boundaries of Academic and Administrative Practice

In an earlier blog I raised questions about the idea of ‘decolonisation’ in academia, arguing that ‘western thought’ is a kind of ‘tradition’ with an internal integrity and logic that needs to be respected, even while it evolves and modifies. Here I add to that argument, focussing on decolonising the curriculum as a practical agendaContinue reading “On the Boundaries of Academic and Administrative Practice”

Foucault, Marx, and pervasive power

One frequently hears the complaint about ‘identity politics’ and ‘critical race theory’ that they are obsessed with power and reduce all social relationships to power, and that this is a fundamental error, and overgeneralisation of power (see for instance, Lindsay and Pluckrose’s Cynical Theories, 2020). On the contrary, I would argue that the thesis ofContinue reading “Foucault, Marx, and pervasive power”