Sylvia Wynter’s Caribbean Critique

Centre for Ethics & Department of Social Justice Education, OISE, University of Toronto

Romy Opperman discusses "Sylvia Wynter’s Caribbean Critique"

Ethics & Caribbean Philosophy

Ethics & Caribbean Philosophy starts from the Caribbean to consider the most pressing ethical questions in the present. From the Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto.

Sylvia Wynter’s Caribbean CritiqueIn this discussion, we will examine Sylvia Wynter’s engagement with Frankfurt School theorists Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin. This examination is our starting point for considering in detail Wynter’s early work. We will pay particular attention to Wynter’s concept of “Creole critique”—its foundations as well as what it implies for intellectual, critical, and ethical life.This is an online event, available on the Centre for Ethics YouTube Channel, on Monday, February 21. Channel subscribers will receive a notification at the start. (For other events in the series, and to subscribe, visit YouTube.com/c/CentreforEthics.)Romy OppermanNew School for Social ResearchHost:Benjamin P. DavisPostdoctoral Fellow in EthicsCentre for EthicsUniversity of Toronto

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