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 his conception of the philosophy of Maoism.[1][2]

Joshua Moufawad-Paul
EducationYork University Ph.D. Philosophy
Era21st-century philosophy
SchoolMarxism-Leninism-Maoism
InstitutionsYork University
Main interests
Metaphysics, Idealism
Notable ideas
Continuity and rupture
Influences
Influenced
  • Contemporary Maoism

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". Gilley had earlier written a controversial essay entitled The Case for Colonialism.[3][4] While some critics accused Moufawad-Paul of censorship and "cancel culture", the publisher ultimately scrapped the series,[5] and Gilley's own book was published by Regnery Gateway instead.[6]

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)
  • Politics In Command: A Taxonomy of Economism (Paris: Foreign Languages Press, 2022)

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. "The Case for Colonialism", Bruce Gilley, Academic Questions, June 2018, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 167–185.
  4. "Author Asks Journal to Pull Pro-Colonial Essay". Inside Higher Ed. September 22, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  5. 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)
  6. Bruce Gilley (September 21, 2021). The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns's Epic Defense of the British Empire. Gateway Editions. ISBN 978-1-68451-217-1.
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