Democratic Biopolitics Popular Sovereignty And The Power Of Life Sergei Prozorov by Sergei Prozorov 9781474449366, 1474449360 instant download after payment.

Contemporary studies of biopolitics assume that the rise of biopolitical governance entails the eclipse of democracy. The abstract egalitarianism of democratic government appears to be incompatible with the concrete, particularist and individualising operations of biopower.
Sergei Prozorov challenges the assumption that the biopolitical governance means the end of democracy, arguing for a positive synthesis of biopolitics and democracy. He develops a vision of democratic biopolitics where diverse forms of life can coexist on the basis of their reciprocal recognition as free, equal and in common. He demonstrates how this vision can be realised and sustained by using examples of our lived experience.

• Critically re-engages with the canonical theories of biopolitics from Foucault, Agamben and Esposito
• Introduces new philosophical voices into the discussion of biopolitics: Nancy, Badiou and Lefort
• Explicates the historical background of the contemporary critique of biopolitics
• Interprets the current crisis of liberal democracy through a biopolitical lens, and suggests possibilities for overcoming it