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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... tothe Iraq war. Besides exemplifying the authoritative appropriation of freedom tooneself in thevery same actof denying ittoothers, whose very exerciseof the freedom ofopinion apparently renders themunworthy of it,this incident ...
... to the existing cultural practices and therefore mayonly function in these societies asasubtle form of domination ... tothe positivity oforder, i.e.its ideological edifice. In other words, freedom necessarily functions in this ...
... to the anterior ritualsofa 'culture'. This book aroseout of a conviction that any discourseon freedom asanattribute of ... tothe conventional questions of political theory, Foucault does notask: 'Under what form of political ordermay ...
... tothe metaphysicalparadigm of sovereignty,which Foucault has famouslyand, asweshall argue,alittletoo hurriedly, relegated toanoutdated status. Instead, Foucault's writings present aplethora of gaudyand shocking examples ofindividuals ...
... tothe interpretive tradition of hermeneutics4, eitherin itsprimary variant, concerned withrecovering everyday meanings accessible to subjects, orthe 'hermeneutics of suspicion'that posits theexistence of deeper hidden meanings: 'Idonot ...
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 | |