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45Biopolitics, Terri Schiavo, and the Sovereign Subject of DeathJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 33 (6): 538-557. 2008.Humanity does not gradually progress from combat to combat until it arrives at universal reciprocity, where the rule of law finally replaces warfare; humanity installs each of its violences in a system of rules and thus proceeds from domination to domination. (Foucault, 1984, 85)In this essay, I take a note from Michel Foucault regarding the notion of biopolitics. For Foucault, biopolitics has both repressive and constitutive properties. Foucault's claim is that with the rise of modern governmen…Read more
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Saint Louis UniversityDepartment of Philosophy
Center for Health Care Ethics
Department of Theological StudiesTenet Endowed Chair
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy |
20th Century Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |
Metaphysics |