Abstract
This paper seeks to clarify conceptually the difference between politics and biopolitics. To accomplish this objective, the text explores Foucault’s concern for how biological life begins to be conducted by modern government techniques. Next, it complements Foucault’s intuition with Agamben’s perspective, showing that biopolitics is the metaphysical form that shapes the political in the West. Finally, with the help of Rancière, it is shown that biopolitics is not a metaphysical form that produces bare life but a form of the police distribution of sensibility that reacts to the scandal politics brings.
| Translated title of the contribution | Politics and biopolitics: An approach from Foucault, Agamben and Rancière |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 197-222 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Ciencia Política |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 28 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 01 Jul 2019 |
Keywords
- Agamben
- Biopolitics
- Foucault
- Police
- Politics
- Rancière
- State of Exception