Bio-power and post-humanism

Authors

  • Oswaldo Giacoia Junior Professor titular do Departamento de Filosofia - IFCH - Unicamp.

Keywords:

Bio-Politics. Bio-Power. Humanism. Human Rights. Modernity. Sovereignty.

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to analyze the concepts of bio-power and bio-politics in the work of Michel Foucault and Giorgio Agamben, exploring its consequences for the discussion of cardinal problems of contemporary philosophy of law and political philosophy.

Author Biography

Oswaldo Giacoia Junior, Professor titular do Departamento de Filosofia - IFCH - Unicamp.

 

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Published

2019-04-22

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