Paradoxes of biopower: the reduction of human life to mere natural life

Vol 8, No 3 (2007) • Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy

Autor: Castor M. M. Bartolomé Ruiz

Resumo:

This paper discusses the relation between human life and the power devices. Modern societies have used human life to obtain gains for their institutions and structures. The political praxis has become a way of administering human beings by inserting natural human life in the institutional interests. This is the main goal of biopolitics.

ISSN: ISSN: 1984-8234

Texto Completo: http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/5827

Palavras-Chave: biopower,human life,natural life,human rights

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