J. Moufawad-Paul

Joshua Moufawad-Paul is a Canadian academic and writer from Toronto, Canada. He is a professor of philosophy at York University. A Maoist philosopher, Moufawad-Paul has written several works on the topic and regularly posts on his blog M-L-M Mayhem which focuses on the philosophy of Marxism–Leninism–Maoism.[1][2]

Joshua Moufawad-Paul
EducationYork University Ph.D. Philosophy
Era21st-century philosophy
SchoolMarxism–Leninism–Maoism
InstitutionsYork University
Main interests
Dialectics, Maoism, antagonistic contradictions
Notable ideas
Continuity and rupture

In 2020, Moufawad-Paul received media attention when he started a petition in response to publisher Rowman & Littlefield's planned "Problems in Anti-Colonialism" series. The petition urged the publisher to withdraw Bruce Gilley's book The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns’ Epic Defense of the British Empire, claiming the book endorsed a "white nationalist perspective" and that the publisher was giving academic credibility to "settler-colonial propaganda". While some critics accused Moufawad-Paul of censorship and "cancel culture", the publisher ultimately scrapped the series.[3]

Publications

  • The Communist Necessity (Montreal: Kersplebedeb, 2014)
  • Continuity and Rupture (Winchester: Zero Books, 2016)
  • Austerity Apparatus (Montreal: Kersplebedeb, 2017)
  • Methods Devour Themselves (with Benjanun Sriduangkaew) (Winchester: Zero Books, 2018)
  • Demarcation and Demystification (Winchester: Zero Books, 2019)
  • Critique of Maoist Reason (Paris: Foreign Languages Press, 2020)

References

  1. "Joshua Moufawad-Paul - York University - Academia.edu". Yorku.academia.edu. York University. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  2. "J. Moufawad-Paul -- Zero Books -- Author Profile". Zero Books. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  3. Bridge, Mark (October 9, 2020). "Bruce Gilley's biography of imperialist Sir Alan Burns cancelled after petition". The Times (London). Retrieved October 9, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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