Bioethics And Biopolitics: Theories, Applications And Connections (advancing Global Bioethics)
by Péter Kakuk /
2017 / English / PDF
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This volume links three different theoretical approaches that
have a common focus on the relationship between biopolitics and
bioethics. This collection of papers can be categorized into
different domains that are representative of the contemporary
usage of biopolitics as a concept. On the one hand, several
chapters develop a clear and up-to-date understanding of the
primary sources of the concept and related theories of Agamben,
Negri or Foucault and approach the question of relevance within
the field of bioethics. Another group of papers apply the
philosophical concepts and theories of biopolitics (biopower,
Homo Sacer, biocitizenship) on very specific currently debated
bioethical issues. Some scholars rely on the more mundane
understanding of (bio)politics and investigate how its
relationship with bioethics could be philosophically
conceptualized. Additionally, this work also contains papers that
follow a more legally oriented analysis on the effects of
contemporary biopolitics on human rights and European law.
This volume links three different theoretical approaches that
have a common focus on the relationship between biopolitics and
bioethics. This collection of papers can be categorized into
different domains that are representative of the contemporary
usage of biopolitics as a concept. On the one hand, several
chapters develop a clear and up-to-date understanding of the
primary sources of the concept and related theories of Agamben,
Negri or Foucault and approach the question of relevance within
the field of bioethics. Another group of papers apply the
philosophical concepts and theories of biopolitics (biopower,
Homo Sacer, biocitizenship) on very specific currently debated
bioethical issues. Some scholars rely on the more mundane
understanding of (bio)politics and investigate how its
relationship with bioethics could be philosophically
conceptualized. Additionally, this work also contains papers that
follow a more legally oriented analysis on the effects of
contemporary biopolitics on human rights and European law.
The authors are philosophers, legal scholars or bioethicists. The
major strength of this volume is to provide the reader with major
insights and orientation in these different contemporary usages
of the concept and theories of biopolitics, within the context of
its various ethically relevant applications.
The authors are philosophers, legal scholars or bioethicists. The
major strength of this volume is to provide the reader with major
insights and orientation in these different contemporary usages
of the concept and theories of biopolitics, within the context of
its various ethically relevant applications.