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The Resource Immunitas : the protection and negation of life, Roberto Esposito ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi

Immunitas : the protection and negation of life, Roberto Esposito ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi

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Immunitas : the protection and negation of life
Title
Immunitas
Title remainder
the protection and negation of life
Statement of responsibility
Roberto Esposito ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi
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Language
  • eng
  • ita
  • eng
Summary
"This book by Roberto Esposito - a leading Italian political philosopher - is a highly original exploration of the relationship between human bodies and societies. The original function of law, even before it was codified, was to preserve peaceful cohabitation between people who were exposed to the risk of destructive conflict. Just as the human body's immune system protects the organism from deadly incursions by viruses and other threats, law also ensures the survival of the community in a life-threatening situation. It protects and prolongs life. But the function of law as a form of immunization points to a more disturbing consideration. Like the individual body, the collective body can be immunized from the perceived danger only by allowing a little of what threatens it to enter its protective boundaries. This means that in order to escape the clutches of death, life is forced to incorporate within itself the lethal principle. Starting from this reflection on the nature of immunization, Esposito offers a wide-ranging analysis of contemporary biopolitics. Never more than at present has the demand for immunization come to characterize all aspects of our existence. The more we feel at risk of being infiltrated and infected by foreign elements, the more the life of the individual and society closes off within its protective boundaries, forcing us to choose between a self-destructive outcome and a more radical alternative based on a new conception of community."--Publisher description
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NhCcYBP
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1950-
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Esposito, Roberto
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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ProQuest (Firm)
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  • Political ethics
  • Religious ethics
  • Medical ethics
  • Political science
  • Privileges and immunities
  • Immunization
  • Philosophy, Medical
Label
Immunitas : the protection and negation of life, Roberto Esposito ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-198) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
I. Appropriation: 1. Ius proprium -- 2. Violence against violence -- 3. Double blood -- 4. Legal immunization -- II. The katechon: 1. Sacer and sanctus -- 2. The restrainer -- 3. Political theology -- 4. Theodicy -- III. Compensatio: 1. Immunitary anthropology -- 2. The productivity of the negative -- 3. The risk of community -- 4. The power of the void -- IV. Biopolitics: 1. Incorporations -- 2. The pharmakon -- 3. Zellenstaat -- 4. The governance of life -- V. The Implant: 1. Biophilosophies of immunity -- 2. War games -- 3. The defeated -- 4. Common immunity
Control code
ybp99984350296
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
English ed
Extent
1 online resource (vi, 207 pages.)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Limited to one user at a time
Isbn
9781509526178
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
Label
Immunitas : the protection and negation of life, Roberto Esposito ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-198) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
I. Appropriation: 1. Ius proprium -- 2. Violence against violence -- 3. Double blood -- 4. Legal immunization -- II. The katechon: 1. Sacer and sanctus -- 2. The restrainer -- 3. Political theology -- 4. Theodicy -- III. Compensatio: 1. Immunitary anthropology -- 2. The productivity of the negative -- 3. The risk of community -- 4. The power of the void -- IV. Biopolitics: 1. Incorporations -- 2. The pharmakon -- 3. Zellenstaat -- 4. The governance of life -- V. The Implant: 1. Biophilosophies of immunity -- 2. War games -- 3. The defeated -- 4. Common immunity
Control code
ybp99984350296
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
English ed
Extent
1 online resource (vi, 207 pages.)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Limited to one user at a time
Isbn
9781509526178
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote

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