Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life

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"Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life" is a philosophical work by Roberto Esposito that examines how modern concepts of immunity shape political life, biopolitics, and the tension between protecting and negating life in contemporary societies.

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Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life canonical 4

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addresses contemporary democratic societies ⓘ
risk and security politics ⓘ
the politics of the body ⓘ
the relation between law and life ⓘ
author Roberto Esposito ⓘ
contributedTo debates on biopolitics ⓘ
debates on political theology ⓘ
theory of community ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
critiques modern liberal individualism ⓘ
sovereign power over life ⓘ
examines how immunity structures political life ⓘ
legal and medical metaphors of immunity ⓘ
the ambivalence of protection and exclusion ⓘ
the biopolitical management of life ⓘ
the relation between immunity and community ⓘ
the tension between safeguarding life and negating it ⓘ
fieldOfStudy philosophy of life ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
social philosophy ⓘ
followedBy Bíos: Biopolitics and Philosophy ⓘ
follows Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalTheme immunitary logic in modern institutions ⓘ
immunity as both protection and negation ⓘ
life as a political category ⓘ
limits of biopolitical protection ⓘ
relation between individual and community ⓘ
influencedBy Carl Schmitt’s political theory ⓘ
Martin Heidegger’s philosophy ⓘ
Michel Foucault’s biopolitics ⓘ
mainTopic biopolitics ⓘ
immunity ⓘ
modern political community ⓘ
negation of life ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
protection of life ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
partOf Roberto Esposito’s biopolitics trilogy ⓘ
philosophicalTradition contemporary continental philosophy ⓘ
usesConcept community–immunity opposition ⓘ
immunitary paradigm ⓘ

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Roberto Esposito → notableWork → Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life ⓘ
Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community → followedBy → Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life ⓘ
Bíos: Biopolitics and Philosophy → relatedWork → Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life ⓘ
Terms of the Political: Community, Immunity, Biopolitics → relatedWork → Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life ⓘ