Lecture on Emotional Labor

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. His theoretical work draws liberally from the Black radical tradition, contemporary philosophy of language, contemporary social science, German transcendental philosophy, materialist thought, histories of activism and activist thinkers. He 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. Professor Táíwò presented his paper, “Stoicism (as Emotional Compression) is Emotional Labor.”

This event was sponsored by the Louise M. Olmsted Fund for Ethics.