Deviance or Homo sacer? Foucault, Agamben and Foetal Diagnostics

This article compares the perspectives of Foucault and Agamben on biopolitics. The dichotomy normality/deviance is central to Foucault's analyses of modern subjectivities, while the Sovereign/Homo sacer dichotomy has a similar position according to Agamben. Are modern subjectivities shaped by a...

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Main Author: Thorvald Sirnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2006-08-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Online Access:https://www.sjdr.se/articles/196