The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Ep. 248: Racism and Policing (Al-Saji, Merleau-Ponty, et al) (Part One)

On Alia Al-Saji’s “A Phenomenology of Hesitation” (2014), bits of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception (1945), and Linda Martín Alcoff’s Visible Identities (2006), plus Alex Vitale's The End of Policing (2017). Is there sub-conscious racism, and how might we root it out and fix our policing problems? Ex-cop <a href="https://www.southwestern.edu/live/profiles/25831-phil-hopkins" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Phil Hopkins</a> joins to look at how phenomenology can help. Don't wait for part two, get the full, ad-free <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2020/07/20/ep248-racism-policing-citizen/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Citizen Edition</a> now. <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Please support PEL!</a>

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