On the Greek Origins of Biopolitics: A Reinterpretation of the History of Biopower

ISBN-13: 9781032097909 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 176 str.

Mika Ojakangas

Opis

This book focuses on the Greek origins of biopolitics, arguing that, contrary to Foucault’s view, biopolitics is not exclusively a modern idea, but is as old as western political thought itself. Ojakangas discusses Plato and Aristotle, in particular their most famous books on politics and administration: Plato’s Republic and Laws,

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Foucault on Biopolitics

3. Aristotle’s Biopolitics of Population

4. Plato’s Biopolitical State Racism 1: The Republic

5. Plato’s Biopolitical State Racism 2: The Laws

6. Platonic-Aristotelian Biopolitical Justice

7. Decline of Biopolitics in Late Antiquity

8. Rebirth of Biopolitics in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

9. Conclusion

O autorze

Mika Ojakangas is Professor of Political Thought, Rhetoric and Culture in the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.