The biopolitical approach aims to develop a critical perspective regarding the classic approach to the issue of human rights, investigating several theoretical strategies to consider the “autonomy of subjects” in contemporary times. In this way, we aim to provide students conceptual tools to understand the deep complexity of the human rights issue and to succeeded in understanding the “precarious” character of fundamental freedoms and in analysing contemporary issues like new fundamentalisms, new populisms, the control power of technologies, the management of health crises.
This CU will be organized in three parts: 1. Analysis of the concept of “biopolitics”, starting from M. Foucault theory. The CU mainly focuses on the deconstructive theoretical approach, questioning the concepts of "person" and "individual" and the definition of “bios”. 2. Analysis of the link between biopolitics and human rights. Starting from the concept of “naked life” (Agamben), we will analyze the link between biopolitical theory and two traditional criticism of human rights: that of C. Schmitt and H. Arendt. B. 3. Presentation of different concepts to reflect upon the subjective rights, based on a different understanding of what's a "subject": singularity Nome: Biopolítica e Direitos Humanos Nome (Inglês): Biopolitics and Humans Rights Código: ECN14342D Áreas científicas: Teoria Jurídico-Política e Relações Internacionais Departamento Responsável: Departamento de Economia Tempo de Ministração: Semestral ECTS: 9 ECTS Total de horas de trabalho semestrais: 234 Horas de contacto semestrais: 45 (T: 45) Substituição: Histórico: (ver) (Deleuze), transindividuality (Simondon, Balibar), impersonality (Esposito), trans-humanity (Hottois), Multitude ( Negri).
The UC provides for the coexistence of two learning methodologies. On the one hand, traditional teaching aims to provide to the students essential theoretical tools. On the other hand, active participation techniques will be implemented, either individually or through group works. In this way, it aims to improve students' methodological and research skills; guaranteeing a permanent control over the learning process while self-assessment will be encouraged. In order to reach the goal of participation, sections of shared reading and debate will be planned. For evaluation, students will write a text on a book proposed by the teacher (50%) and they will write an academic article on a topic of their choice (50%).
G. Agamben, Homo sacer, Quodlibet, 2018.
E. Balibar, Spinoza politique: Le transindividuel, Paris, PUF, 2018.
R. Esposito, Dall’impolitico all’impersonale: conversazioni filosofiche, Mimesis, 2012.
Id., Pensiero istituente, Einaudi, 2020.
M. Foucault, Sécurité, territoire, population. Cours au Collège de France, 1977-1978, Gallimard et Le Seuil, 2004.
Id., Naissance de la biopolitique. Cours au Collège de France, 1978-1979, Gallimard et Le Seuil, 2004.
M, Combes, Simondon, individu et collectivité : Pour une philosophie du transindividuel, Paris, PUF, 2019.
G. Hottois, Le transhumanisme est-il un humanisme?, Académie royale de Belgique, 2014.
Lemke, Thomas, Biopolitics: An Advanced Introduction, New York, New York University Press. 2011.
K. E. Happe, J. Johnson, M. Levina (Eds.), Bio-citizenship: The Politics of Bodies, Governance, and Power, NYU Press, 2018.
W. Montefusco, M. Sersante, Dall'operaio sociale alla moltitudine. La prospettiva ontologica di Antonio Negri, DeriveApprodi
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