Thomas F Tierney
Biographic Data
| ID | 304485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas F Tierney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas F |
| FAMILY NAME | Tierney |
| SIGNATURE | TIERNEY T F |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Wooster |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Best Doctor for My Soul: How the Parrhesiastic Relationship Between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and René Descartes Belies Descartes’s Dualism and Foucault’s Neoliberalism
This article contributes to the revaluation of the much-maligned figure of René Descartes, by interpreting his relationship with Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia through Michel Foucault’s late work on the “care of the self” and parrēsia. In addition to challenging Descartes’s reputation for endorsing a rigid mind–body dualism, the essay also challenges those who interpret Foucault’s work on ancient techniques of the self as supportive of neoliberali…
Toward an Affirmative Biopolitics
This essay responds to German theorist Thomas Lemke's call for a conversation between two distinct lines of reception of Foucault's concept of biopolitics. The first line is comprised of sweeping historical perspectives on biopolitics, such as those of Giorgio Agamben and Antonio Negri, and the second is comprised of the more temporally focused perspectives of theorists such as Paul Rabinow, Nikolas Rose, and Catherine Waldby, whose biopolitical …
Roberto Esposito's 'Affirmative Biopolitics' and the Gift
This article develops the affirmative biopolitics that Roberto Esposito intimates in his trilogy - Communitas, Immunitas and Bíos. The key to this affirmative biopolitics lies in the relationship between the munus, a form of gift that is the root of communitas and immunitas, and the gift discourse that developed throughout the 20th century. The article expands upon Esposito's interpretation of four theoretical sources that are crucial to his biop…
Punctual selves, punctual death and the health-conscious cogito: Descartes' dead bodies
This paper reflects critically on the late-modern obsession with health by presenting Descartes as an almost ideal type of the health-conscious subject. Descartes' life, works and death are interpreted from the unlikely combination of the theoretical perspectives of Charles Taylor and Jean Baudrillard. Despite significant differences, both of these theorists rely heavily on Weber's concept of disenchantment, and each develops a 'punctual' concept…
The governmentality of suicide: Peuchet, Marx, Durkheim, and Foucault
This essay develops a remark Foucault made in passing at the end of the first volume of The History of Sexuality (1976), linking the emergence of bio-power and the nineteenth-century sociological fascination with suicide. Foucault traced the origins of bio-power in his Collège de France courses of 1977-1978 and 1978-1979, but never returned to the relationship between the sociological appropriation of suicide and this uniquely modern form of powe…
Michel Foucault , Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1977‐78 Edited by Michel Senellart. Translated by Graham Burchell. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.)
Suicidal thoughts: Hobbes, Foucault and the right to die
Liberal articulations of the right to die generally focus on balancing individual rights against state interests, but this approach does not take full advantage of the disruptive potential of this contested right. This article develops an alternative to the liberal approach to the right to die by engaging the seemingly discordant philosophical perspectives of Michel Foucault and Thomas Hobbes. Despite Foucault’s objections, a rapprochement betwee…
Foucault on the Case: The Pastoral and Juridical Foundation of Medical Power
Death, Medicine and the Right to Die: An Engagement with Heidegger, Bauman and Baudrillard
A Critical Response to Booth's “Economies of Time
Michel Foucault , Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1977‐78 Edited by Michel Senellart. Translated by Graham Burchell. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.)
Roberto Esposito's 'Affirmative Biopolitics' and the Gift
This article develops the affirmative biopolitics that Roberto Esposito intimates in his trilogy - Communitas, Immunitas and Bíos. The key to this affirmative biopolitics lies in the relationship between the munus, a form of gift that is the root of communitas and immunitas, and the gift discourse that developed throughout the 20th century. The article expands upon Esposito's interpretation of four theoretical sources that are crucial to his biop…
Suicidal thoughts: Hobbes, Foucault and the right to die
Liberal articulations of the right to die generally focus on balancing individual rights against state interests, but this approach does not take full advantage of the disruptive potential of this contested right. This article develops an alternative to the liberal approach to the right to die by engaging the seemingly discordant philosophical perspectives of Michel Foucault and Thomas Hobbes. Despite Foucault’s objections, a rapprochement betwee…
Toward an Affirmative Biopolitics
This essay responds to German theorist Thomas Lemke's call for a conversation between two distinct lines of reception of Foucault's concept of biopolitics. The first line is comprised of sweeping historical perspectives on biopolitics, such as those of Giorgio Agamben and Antonio Negri, and the second is comprised of the more temporally focused perspectives of theorists such as Paul Rabinow, Nikolas Rose, and Catherine Waldby, whose biopolitical …
Punctual selves, punctual death and the health-conscious cogito: Descartes' dead bodies
This paper reflects critically on the late-modern obsession with health by presenting Descartes as an almost ideal type of the health-conscious subject. Descartes' life, works and death are interpreted from the unlikely combination of the theoretical perspectives of Charles Taylor and Jean Baudrillard. Despite significant differences, both of these theorists rely heavily on Weber's concept of disenchantment, and each develops a 'punctual' concept…
The governmentality of suicide: Peuchet, Marx, Durkheim, and Foucault
This essay develops a remark Foucault made in passing at the end of the first volume of The History of Sexuality (1976), linking the emergence of bio-power and the nineteenth-century sociological fascination with suicide. Foucault traced the origins of bio-power in his Collège de France courses of 1977-1978 and 1978-1979, but never returned to the relationship between the sociological appropriation of suicide and this uniquely modern form of powe…
Death, Medicine and the Right to Die: An Engagement with Heidegger, Bauman and Baudrillard
A Critical Response to Booth's “Economies of Time
Death, Medicine and the Right to Die: An Engagement with Heidegger, Bauman and Baudrillard
Foucault on the Case: The Pastoral and Juridical Foundation of Medical Power
Suicidal thoughts: Hobbes, Foucault and the right to die
Liberal articulations of the right to die generally focus on balancing individual rights against state interests, but this approach does not take full advantage of the disruptive potential of this contested right. This article develops an alternative to the liberal approach to the right to die by engaging the seemingly discordant philosophical perspectives of Michel Foucault and Thomas Hobbes. Despite Foucault’s objections, a rapprochement betwee…
Michel Foucault , Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1977‐78 Edited by Michel Senellart. Translated by Graham Burchell. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.)
The governmentality of suicide: Peuchet, Marx, Durkheim, and Foucault
This essay develops a remark Foucault made in passing at the end of the first volume of The History of Sexuality (1976), linking the emergence of bio-power and the nineteenth-century sociological fascination with suicide. Foucault traced the origins of bio-power in his Collège de France courses of 1977-1978 and 1978-1979, but never returned to the relationship between the sociological appropriation of suicide and this uniquely modern form of powe…
Punctual selves, punctual death and the health-conscious cogito: Descartes' dead bodies
This paper reflects critically on the late-modern obsession with health by presenting Descartes as an almost ideal type of the health-conscious subject. Descartes' life, works and death are interpreted from the unlikely combination of the theoretical perspectives of Charles Taylor and Jean Baudrillard. Despite significant differences, both of these theorists rely heavily on Weber's concept of disenchantment, and each develops a 'punctual' concept…
Toward an Affirmative Biopolitics
This essay responds to German theorist Thomas Lemke's call for a conversation between two distinct lines of reception of Foucault's concept of biopolitics. The first line is comprised of sweeping historical perspectives on biopolitics, such as those of Giorgio Agamben and Antonio Negri, and the second is comprised of the more temporally focused perspectives of theorists such as Paul Rabinow, Nikolas Rose, and Catherine Waldby, whose biopolitical …
Roberto Esposito's 'Affirmative Biopolitics' and the Gift
This article develops the affirmative biopolitics that Roberto Esposito intimates in his trilogy - Communitas, Immunitas and Bíos. The key to this affirmative biopolitics lies in the relationship between the munus, a form of gift that is the root of communitas and immunitas, and the gift discourse that developed throughout the 20th century. The article expands upon Esposito's interpretation of four theoretical sources that are crucial to his biop…
The Best Doctor for My Soul: How the Parrhesiastic Relationship Between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and René Descartes Belies Descartes’s Dualism and Foucault’s Neoliberalism
This article contributes to the revaluation of the much-maligned figure of René Descartes, by interpreting his relationship with Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia through Michel Foucault’s late work on the “care of the self” and parrēsia. In addition to challenging Descartes’s reputation for endorsing a rigid mind–body dualism, the essay also challenges those who interpret Foucault’s work on ancient techniques of the self as supportive of neoliberali…
Sociology (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Michel foucault (4 works)