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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... itis inevitably disavowed rhetorically by theregime in question as anindicator ofsome mysterious'true freedom', thus demonstrating thateven as freedom maybe denied inpractice, it mayneverbe rejected as a fundamental value ofhuman ...
... Itis clearthat the aggressive global promotion of Westernliberal freedomis both violentinrelation to recipient societies andhas dangerous boomerang effects onWestern 'free societies' themselves.However, wecan only articulate this ...
... itis in conformity withthe existing cultural structure ofthe social order, whose own origin andpresent operation might have littleto do withfreedom. Whileit is undoubtedly correct tocontest the deeply paradoxical idea of 'liberating' a ...
... Itis this affirmation of the freedom of thought in the thought of freedom thatseemsto us be a singular featureof Foucault's philosophy thatdefines what being Foucauldian mightmean today. Posing the question of the significance of ...
... itis possibleto enter this labyrinth of thought that flees from itself once we giveup the attempt totrace inthe mazeofits underground passages Foucault's 'true' identity.Fully aware that'we are difference, [and] ourselves the difference ...
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 | |