Foucault, Freedom and SovereigntyRoutledge, 2016 M04 15 - 180 pages Against the prevailing interpretations which disqualify a Foucauldian approach from the discourse of freedom, this study offers a novel concept of political freedom and posits freedom as the primary axiological motif of Foucault's writing. Based on a new interpretation of the relation of Foucault's approach to the problematic of sovereignty, Sergei Prozorov both reconstructs ontology of freedom in Foucault's textual corpus and outlines the modalities of its practice in the contemporary terrain of global governance. The book critically engages with the acclaimed post-Foucauldian theories of Giorgio Agamben and Antonio Negri, thereby restoring the controversial notion of the sovereign subject to the critical discourse on global politics. As a study in political thought, this book will be suitable for students and scholars interested in the problematic of political freedom, philosophy and global governance. |
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... 4 Ontological Extremism: Foucault, Schmitt and Sovereign Freedom The Other of Order: Sovereignty as a Transgressive Foundation 81 81 Appearance and Occultation: How the Diagram Becomes (Im)possible Whatever Sovereigns: Contents.
... 4 Ontological Extremism: Foucault, Schmitt and Sovereign Freedom The Other of Order: Sovereignty as a Transgressive Foundation 81 81 Appearance and Occultation: How the Diagram Becomes (Im)possible Whatever Sovereigns: Contents.
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Sergei Prozorov. Appearance and Occultation: How the Diagram Becomes (Im)possible Whatever Sovereigns: Power, Potentiality and Freedom 88 95 5 103 Beyond the Biopolitical Terrain: The Sovereign Power of Bare Life Between Zoe and Bios ...
Sergei Prozorov. Appearance and Occultation: How the Diagram Becomes (Im)possible Whatever Sovereigns: Power, Potentiality and Freedom 88 95 5 103 Beyond the Biopolitical Terrain: The Sovereign Power of Bare Life Between Zoe and Bios ...
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... becomes apparent that any positive definition of freedom demonstrates its own insufficiency at the very moment of ... become free from these very qualities and attributes to remain genuinely free. As soon as we triumphantly conclude, on ...
... becomes apparent that any positive definition of freedom demonstrates its own insufficiency at the very moment of ... become free from these very qualities and attributes to remain genuinely free. As soon as we triumphantly conclude, on ...
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... become free by modelling our lives on the universalised economic rationality. Rigorously specified in terms of entrepreneurship, competitiveness, efficiency and flexibility, our freedom begins to lose its purpose, becoming increasingly ...
... become free by modelling our lives on the universalised economic rationality. Rigorously specified in terms of entrepreneurship, competitiveness, efficiency and flexibility, our freedom begins to lose its purpose, becoming increasingly ...
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... becomes increasingly difficult to speak about freedom outside the context of its use as an instrument of authority. Perhaps, the best example of this abuse of the notion of freedom is the staggeringly asinine decision of certain ...
... becomes increasingly difficult to speak about freedom outside the context of its use as an instrument of authority. Perhaps, the best example of this abuse of the notion of freedom is the staggeringly asinine decision of certain ...
Contents
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AN AUSTERE ONTOLOGY OF FREEDOM | 23 |
THE RETURN OF THE SOVEREIGN SUBJECT | 79 |
Why Want Freedom? | 147 |
Bibliography | 153 |
Index | 167 |
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