The End of the Affair with Life
Political Theory and the Corpse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12643121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Uhall (0000-0002-7093-332X, Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 350-365 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Horizons (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1440-9917 • E-ISSN: 1568-5160 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14409917.2019.1672274 |
| OpenAlex | W2980064171 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 40 |
The relationship between death and politics figures prominently for us. However, the dead body has been neglected by this tradition. This paper shows how the figure of the corpse offers speculative resources in our contemporary moment, marked by conditions of existential threat and political decay. The paper discusses the ontological liveliness of the corpse, especially in relation to new materialism. The paper nevertheless draws our attention to the fact that the corpse is also the material site of an absolute loss. Accordingly, two developments for political theory become possible: a political phenomenology of loss and the approach of morbid opportunism
Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political Theology and Sovereignty
The Enchantment of Modern Life
Introducing the New Materialisms
A Symbiotic View of Life
The political lives of dead bodies
The Birth of the Clinic
Necrologies; or, the Death of the Body Politic
Posthuman Ethics
The Politics of Haunting and Memory in International Relations
The Origins of Sociable Life
Life Sentences
The Work of the Dead
The biology of death
The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, Its Basis and Genesis
Thinking Clearly About Death
Eudemus or On the Soul
Athenian Legacies
Necro Citizenship
Dead Matter
Bringing Ourselves to Grief
Bodies in Action
Death of the PostHuman
Necro-Eco
Vibrant Matter
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |