Democratic biopolitics : popular sovereignty and the power of life / Sergei Prozorov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prozorov, Sergei, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biopolitics.

Biopolitics--Philosophy.

Democracy.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

vii, 212 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]

Contents:

Part 1 Rousseau And The Critique Of Biopolitics

1 Rousseau's aporia p. 21

The divided demos p. 21

Subtraction: The constitution of the sovereign p. 23

Emanation: The constitution of government p. 30

Politics: The existence of the people p. 39

Government over kingdom p. 44

Individual as universe p. 50

2 The community of solitary walkers p. 55

The free subject of reverie p. 55

The universal and the singular p. 61

Rousseau and radical democracy p. 70

Rousseau's ambivalent legacy p. 77

Democracy as the experience of the generic p. 83

Part 2 Freeform Life

3 Biopower and the politics of contingency p. 95

From opposition to synthesis p. 95

Biopower in the void p. 98

The scandal of contingency p. 107

Freedom, equality, community p. 112

4 Is there a democratic form of life? p. 117

The disappointments of the faithful democrat p. 117

Democracy of the incommensurable p. 122

Democratic mannerism p. 133

5 Demos distracted p. 142

Between captivation and boredom p. 142

The importance of getting carried away p. 148

The unborable p. 153

Phish p. 158

6 How to enjoy democracy again (and again) p. 163

The malaise of democracy p. 163

The pleasure of formation p. 172

Democratic biopolitics in the age of post-truth p. 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-209) and index.

ISBN:

1474449344

9781474449342

OCLC:

1055453609