Foucault's and Arendt's 'insider view' of biopolitics: A critique of Agamben

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 113-130

  Blencowe, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biopolitics; Christianity; Giorgio Agamben; Hannah Arendt; life; Michel Foucault; positivity; process; thanatopolitics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; RELIGION;

BIOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE; POLITICS; RELIGION; SOCIETIES; THANATOLOGY;

EID: 78650242143     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695110375762     Document Type: Article

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