Terms of the Political: Community, Immunity, Biopolitics
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Terms of the Political: Community, Immunity, Biopolitics is a philosophical work by Roberto Esposito that explores how concepts of community and immunity shape modern political life and biopolitical power.
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Target entity: Terms of the Political: Community, Immunity, Biopolitics Context triple: [Roberto Esposito, notableWork, Terms of the Political: Community, Immunity, Biopolitics]
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Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life
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Means Without End: Notes on Politics
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Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought
Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought is a seminal work of political theory that analyzes how modern forms of governance shape individual freedom and subjectivity through subtle techniques of power.
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Target entity: Terms of the Political: Community, Immunity, Biopolitics Target entity description: Terms of the Political: Community, Immunity, Biopolitics is a philosophical work by Roberto Esposito that explores how concepts of community and immunity shape modern political life and biopolitical power.
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A.
The Birth of Biopolitics
The Birth of Biopolitics is a series of 1978–1979 lectures by Michel Foucault that analyze the emergence of neoliberal governmentality and its implications for modern forms of power over life and populations.
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B.
The Politics of Life Itself: Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century
The Politics of Life Itself: Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century is a sociological and philosophical study by Nikolas Rose that examines how contemporary biomedicine reshapes concepts of life, identity, and political power.
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C.
Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life
Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life is a seminal philosophical work that examines how modern political systems produce "bare life" by excluding certain individuals from legal and political protections through the logic of sovereign power and states of exception.
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D.
Means Without End: Notes on Politics
Means Without End: Notes on Politics is a collection of essays by Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben that explores themes such as biopolitics, state power, and the nature of contemporary political life.
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E.
Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought
Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought is a seminal work of political theory that analyzes how modern forms of governance shape individual freedom and subjectivity through subtle techniques of power.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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philosophical work ⓘ political philosophy book ⓘ |
| addresses |
the ambivalence of protection and exclusion
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the foundations of political community ⓘ the relation between life, law, and politics ⓘ the risks of excessive immunization in politics ⓘ |
| aimsTo | rethink the meaning of the political through community and immunity ⓘ |
| author | Roberto Esposito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor | Timothy Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
how concepts of community shape modern political life
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how concepts of immunity shape modern political life ⓘ the logic of biopolitical power ⓘ the relationship between community and immunity ⓘ |
| field |
philosophy of law
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political theory ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| genre | continental philosophy ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
biopolitics as management of life
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community as exposure to others ⓘ immunity as protection from others ⓘ immunization as a political paradigm ⓘ tension between community and immunity ⓘ the political as a field of life and death decisions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Carl Schmitt
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Hannah Arendt NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTranslation | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
biopolitical power
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biopolitics ⓘ community ⓘ immunity ⓘ modern political theory ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | Esposito’s biopolitics project ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
philosophy of the body
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political ontology ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Italian political philosophy
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biopolitical theory ⓘ |
| publisher | Fordham University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Bíos: Biopolitics and Philosophy
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Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community NERFINISHED ⓘ Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
scholars of political theory
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students of contemporary philosophy ⓘ |
| translatedBy | Timothy Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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