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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prozorov, Sergei, author.

Series:

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biopolitics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Sergei Prozorov challenges the assumption that the biopolitical governance means the end of democracy, arguing for a positive synthesis of biopolitics and democracy. He develops a vision of democratic biopolitics where diverse forms of life can coexist on the basis of their reciprocal recognition as free, equal and in common.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue: Towards an experimental analytics of government

PART 1: ROUSSEAU AND THE CRITIQUE OF BIOPOLITICS

1. Rousseau’s aporia

2. The community of solitary walkers

PART 2: FREEFORM LIFE

3. Biopower and the politics of contingency

4. Is there a democratic form of life?

5. Demos distracted

6. How to enjoy democracy again (and again)

Epilogue: Why democracy is good for life

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-4936-0

1-4744-5983-8

OCLC:

1312726628