Foucault, Freedom and SovereigntyAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 2013 M02 28 - 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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... inits original contextof articulation, itsviolent imposition on 'other' cultures is illegitimate,as this form of freedom mightbe 'alien'to the existing cultural practices and therefore mayonly function in these societies asasubtle form ...
... inits assumption ofthepossibility ofapolitical systemthat corresponds withthe natural stateofhumanity. Oncethis utopia acquires its topos andbecomes a politicalproject, it iscapable of enormous sacrifices offreedom precisely inthe name ...
... inits domain as already excludedor abandoned. This disconcerting image of individualsheld in abandonment bya powerindifferent to them belongs tothe metaphysicalparadigm of sovereignty,which Foucault has famouslyand, asweshall argue ...
... inits content,inciting itssubject to sayless by speakingmore. It iscertainly ironicthat thework of a thinkerso manifestly hostile to interpretation has givenrise to a cottage industryof commentary anda vibrant if decidedly ...
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Contents
Foucaults Metaphysics | |
The Metohomonymy of Potential Being | |
Michael K and the Power | |
4Ontological | |
Power Potentiality and Freedom | |
The Sovereign Powerof Bare Life | |
Power | |
Why Want Freedom? | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |