Bíos: Biopolitics and Philosophy

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Bíos: Biopolitics and Philosophy is a major philosophical work by Roberto Esposito that examines how modern political power is fundamentally organized around the management and control of biological life.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
academicDiscipline philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
author Roberto Esposito ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
discusses historical development of biopolitical thought ⓘ
intersection of biology and politics ⓘ
modern forms of sovereignty ⓘ
examines how life becomes a political category ⓘ
how states manage populations as biological entities ⓘ
exploresConcept bios ⓘ
immunization ⓘ
thanatopolitics ⓘ
zoe ⓘ
focusesOn control of biological life ⓘ
management of biological life ⓘ
modern political power ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasTheme biological life as object of power ⓘ
immunitary paradigm of modern politics ⓘ
political control of bodies ⓘ
relationship between life and politics ⓘ
sovereignty and life ⓘ
influencedBy Giorgio Agamben ⓘ
Michel Foucault ⓘ
languageOfTitle Greek and English ⓘ
mainSubject biopolitics ⓘ
biopower ⓘ
philosophy of life ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
notableFor development of the concept of immunization in politics ⓘ
systematic account of biopolitics ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
partOf Roberto Esposito's biopolitics trilogy ⓘ
philosophicalApproach critical theory of modern power ⓘ
genealogical analysis of political concepts ⓘ
philosophicalTradition contemporary continental philosophy ⓘ
relatedWork Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community ⓘ
Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life ⓘ
targetAudience researchers in biopolitics ⓘ
scholars of political theory ⓘ
students of contemporary philosophy ⓘ
usesConceptFrom ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ

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