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On Biopolitics : An Inquiry into Nature and Language (2021)
Piasentier, M. (2021). On Biopolitics : An Inquiry into Nature and Language. Routledge. Routledge Innovations in Political Theory. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351067539
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Piasentier, Marco
ISBN: 978-1-138-47886-2
eISBN: 978-1-351-06753-9
Journal or series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
Publication year: 2021
Number of pages in the book: 136
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: New York
Publication country: United States
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351067539
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Abstract
Taking his cue from Foucault’s exhortation to think philologically and biologically, Piasentier traverses the main theoretical and methodological frameworks which have informed the biopolitical debate on nature and language, biology and politics. Biopolitical theory becomes the center of gravity for an investigation encompassing diverse philosophical models, from the Heideggerian linguistic turn to post-Darwinian naturalism. The divide between traditions is not proof of an impossible encounter, but constitutes the site for a new conceptual topography. Working in this interdisciplinary space, Piasentier puts into question the command of language and the ends of nature: two vestiges of a ‘human, all too human’ worldview that preclude the possibility of thinking philologically and biologically about biopolitics.
Keywords: social philosophy; political philosophy; biopolitics; human being; nature; languages; anthropomorphism; evolution theory; teleology; naturalism (philosophy)
Free keywords: Foucault, Michel; Heidegger, Martin; Agamben, Giorgio; Nietzsche, Friedrich
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Reporting Year: 2021
JUFO rating: 3
