Derrida Contra Agamben: Sovereignty, Biopower, History

This essay is concerned with criticisms of Giorgio Agamben’s biopolitical theory of sovereignty that are developed by Jacques Derrida in his final seminar titled The Beast and the Sovereign (2009). The implicit interlocutor for much of the seminar is theories of biopolitics. However, when these theo...

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Main Author: Amy Swiffen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-12-01
Series:Societies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/2/4/345