6: Olufemi Taiwo

Olufemi Taiwo (Georgetown University) discusses the link between reparations and climate justice.

Episode 6 of the Earth to Philosophy podcast, hosted by Andrea R. Gammon & Claire Hamlett, titled "6: Olufemi Taiwo" was published on May 18, 2020 and runs 52 minutes.

May 18, 2020 ·52m · Earth to Philosophy

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Summary

Olufemi Taiwo is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. His theoretical work draws liberally from German transcendental philosophy, contemporary philosophy of language, contemporary social science, histories of activism and activist thinkers, and the Black radical tradition. Femi is currently writing a book entitled Reconsidering Reparations that considers a novel philosophical argument for reparations and explores links with environmental justice. He also writes public philosophy, including articles exploring intersections of climate justice and colonialism.Episode reading: How a Green New Deal Could Exploit Developing Countries (2019) from SalonClimate Colonialism & Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (2019) Guest blog post on the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative's Blog Opening music is Where it Goes by Jahzzar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Olufemi Taiwo is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. His theoretical work draws liberally from German transcendental philosophy, contemporary philosophy of language, contemporary social science, histories of activism and activist thinkers, and the Black radical tradition. Femi is currently writing a book entitled Reconsidering Reparations that considers a novel philosophical argument for reparations and explores links with environmental justice. He also writes public philosophy, including articles exploring intersections of climate justice and colonialism.

Episode reading:

How a Green New Deal Could Exploit Developing Countries (2019) from Salon

Climate Colonialism & Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (2019) Guest blog post on the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative's Blog

Opening music is Where it Goes by Jahzzar.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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