Critical Approaches to Law Reading Group
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Who this event is for
Location
Headington Campus
Details
In
an age in which sovereignty is undergoing repeated acts of deconstruction, a
sound understanding of the concept of biopolitics seems essential for contemporary
theoretical scholarship. This is not only due to its present and ever-growing
influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, but also due to the
fraught biopolitical world which we find ourselves in. However, this notion of
the relation between politics and life has been approached in a variety of
different ways, from thinkers in a variety of fields and intellectual
traditions. It thus seems apposite to engage with the concept through one of
the most comprehensive and prestigious collections of writing on biopolitics,
edited by Timothy Campbell and Adam Sitze.
The
reading group will meet four times in the autumn of 2016, each time to discuss a
different conception of biopolitics from a different theorist. The meetings
will take place on Thursdays from 4.30 pm to 6 pm. Each time, the discussion
will be opened by a volunteer member of the group. Please bring the text to the
meetings.
- Reading: T. Campbell and A. Sitze (eds.), Biopolitics: A Reader (2013, Duke
University Press) [texts included in the reader are also available from a
variety of sources]