Biopolitics

Zusatztext 'Catherine Mills's book is a brilliant introduction to the emerging field of research on biopolitics. It offers a sophisticated yet accessible overview of the main theories and thematic areas in the studies of biopolitics and will be indispensable reading both for beginners in this field and the more advanced readership.'?Sergei Prozorov! University of Helsinki! Finland 'The most up to date and philosophically sophisticated overview of the current debates in biopolitical studies?available today'.Miguel Vatter! University of New South Wales! Australia Informationen zum Autor Catherine Mills is Associate Professor of Bioethics and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at Monash University, Australia. Zusammenfassung The first part of the book provides a much-needed philosophical introduction to key theoretical approaches to the concept in contemporary usage. In the second part of the book, Mills discusses various topics across the categories of politics, life and subjectivity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part One. 1. A new regime of power: Foucault. 2. Biopolitics as thanatopolitics: Agamben. 3. Totalitarianism and the political animal: Arendt. 4. Affirmative biopolitics: Negri and Esposito. Part Two. 5. Politics: Sovereignty, Violence, Rights. 6. Life: Biology, Technology, Reproduction. 7. Subjectivity: Persons, Race, Gender. 8. Concluding remarks. Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Catherine Mills, Mills Catherine
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.10.2017
• EAN: 9781844656042
• ISBN: 978-1-84465-604-2
• Pagine: 186
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Structuralism and Post-structuralism