Life Death
Jacques Derrida’s Bio-Thanato-Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5046863 |
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| Authors | Caterina Resta, Simon Tanner |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 20-31 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Angelaki (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0969-725X • E-ISSN: 1469-2899 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0969725x.2024.2322254 |
| OpenAlex | W4396752004 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Deconstruction occupies an "eccentric" place in the varied field of biopolitics, as it radicalizes the indissoluble knot that binds life to power. On the basis of Foucauldian analysis, Derrida reflects on the "deviation" of biopolitics, which turns into bio-thanato-politics, that is to say, politics over life (bios) and death (thanatos). Life and death are not opposite, rather, they are inseparable, as one has inscribed the other within itself. Derrida's bio-thanato-politics, as a deconstruction of the concept of life and its relationship with the power, which is always the power of life and death, is not a different declination of biopolitics, but its radicalization. Beyond the biopolitical alternative between a power over life and a power of life, Derrida thinks a bio-thanato-politics, namely, a politics of the survival. Surviving well together, indeed, is the essential character of his democracy to-come
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Health and Conflict Studies · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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