Common sense has been defined against many others, from idealists to sceptics. Those who threaten common sense by questioning certainties of sex and race are now called ‘woke’. In this lecture, one of our most vital political thinkers asks: can we retell the story of common sense from the point of view of its others?
Presented by the Centre for New and International Writing, University of Liverpool, in collaboration with Tate Liverpool.
Sara Ahmed is an independent feminist scholar. Her work is concerned with how power is experienced and challenged in everyday life and institutional cultures. Her new book, Common Sense and Its Others, is forthcoming with Duke University Press.