Introduction

This introduction traces back the conditions of emergence of the concept of bare life, from Foucault, though Agamben to more contemporary followers like De Boever and Lemke. It also takes pains to contextualise the emergence of the notion within the framework of the ethical turn in literature and th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jean-Michel Ganteau, Christine Reynier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2017-10-01
Series:Études Britanniques Contemporaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/3728