This collective book proposes to re-examine and explore the paradox of modernity through the triad structure of biopolitics, ethics and subjectivation, as it has served as an effective analytic tool for Western cultures (Foucault, Agamben, Negri...). The authors ask themselves if this framework can
Biopolitics, ethics and subjectivation
β Scribed by Rada Ivekovi;Joyce C.H. Liu;Yuan-Horng Chu;Alain Brossat;
- Publisher
- L'Harmattan
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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