Rechazo y recuperación de la soberanía. Notas sobre Foucault y Agamben

  • Mauro Benente Universidad de Buenos Aires
Keywords: Biopolitics, Power, Law, State of Exception, Paradigm.

Abstract

Giorgio Agamben burst into the realm of political theory drawing powerful reflections on biopolitics and, in particular, making a harsh criticism of the abandonment of the legal and political discourse of sovereignty developed by Michel Foucault. In the present piece of work I try to reveal that Michel Foucault’s rejection of political and legal discourse of sovereignty was due to historical and methodological reasons. Secondly, I would like to show that Agamben has restored the notion of sovereignty, but without attending to the specific legal practices. Finally, I suggest that the references to sovereignty and law without paying any attention to practices may be caused by the method based on the use of paradigms that Agamben proposes.

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Published
2015-01-26
How to Cite
Benente M. (2015). Rechazo y recuperación de la soberanía. Notas sobre Foucault y Agamben. Res Publica. Revista de Historia de las Ideas Políticas, 28, 9-33. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RPUB/article/view/47873
Issue
No. 28 (2012): Giorgio Agamben
Section
Artículos

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