Lillianne J
and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to surviveAudre Lorde, The Black Unicorn: Poems--Isn't there something in analytic discourse that can introduce us
to the following: that every subsistence or persistence of the world as such must be abandoned?
Jacques Lacan
Background Image by Judson Moore on Unsplash
About
Lillianne is a philosopher who develops
social and political philosophy for our multi-cultural world(s)
from an Indian context
Areas of Specialization
Critical Theory (Habermas, Ambedkar)
Critical Hermeneutics & Phenomenologies
Social & Political Philosophy
Feminist Epistemologies
Philosophy of the Internet
Philosophical Theology
Non Academic Projects
Academia
Lillianne is currently affiliated with
Loyola University Chicago's PhD program in Philosophy.
She has previously been affiliated with
Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, USA) and
St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi (India).
Academic Publications
John, Lillianne, and Kit Rempala. 2024. "The Ethics of Knowledge Production and the Problem of Global Knowledge Inequality." Philosophy and Social Criticism. Online First.
doi: 10.1177/01914537241239096
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John, Lillianne. 2022. “On the (Un)Stopping of Our Ears”.
Labyrinth 24 (2):118-33.
doi:10.25180/lj.v24i2.309
Academic Engagement
May 2024
Will present
"Recognition and Caste in India Through Honneth and Ambedkar"
at the
16th International Critical Theory Conference at Rome, Italy
Mar 2024
Commented on Prof. Noell Birondo's paper
"Race, Hatred, and the Preservation of Ignorance" at
APA Pacific 2024 (Portland) | Invited Symposium: Hate.Nov 2023
“Recognition Theory and Caste in India.”
Presented at the 74th Northwest Philosophy Conference, Portland.Sep 2023
“Ethics for a Multicultural World, Through Critical Hermeneutics.”
Presented at the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy Annual Conference, Maine.May 2023
“The Ethical Aspects of Ecosystem Restoration.”
Invited Panelist: Ecosystem Restoration Webinar.
Jesuit Justice & Ecology Network Africa.Nov 2021
“Starting From Vice.”
Co-presented with Urna Chakrabarty (Cornell University) at the ‘Epistemology of the Internet’ Workshop.
University of Johannesburg.