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Biopolitics and Philosophy in Roberto Esposito: Introductory Considerations

Abstract:

Would the notion of biopolitics still an appropriate concept to interpret the current political reality? The aim of this study is to investigate how Roberto Esposito defends the notion of biopolitics nowadays to interpret the current political reality. To achieve this purpose, it was made a detailed reconstruction of the arguments developed by the Italian philosopher in a pamphlet entitled Biopolítica y Filosofia (2006).

Keywords:
biopolitics; thanatopolitics; Esposito; Political Philosophy

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