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Biopolítica e direitos humanos em Foucault
Biopolitics and human rights in Foucault
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Abstract In this article we try to show the troublesome relation between biopolitcs, biopower and human rights in Michel Foucault. The notion of right is a classical notion, insofar as it pertains to the juridical conception of politics and to the techniques of sovereign power. On the other side, the idea of... view more
In this article we try to show the troublesome relation between biopolitcs, biopower and human rights in Michel Foucault. The notion of right is a classical notion, insofar as it pertains to the juridical conception of politics and to the techniques of sovereign power. On the other side, the idea of the human animal as human being appears only in Modernity, within the different dispositives that constitute what Foucault called the modern biopower. Therefore, talking of human rights one puts together the idea of right and the idea of human being, i.e. two notions belonging to two historically distinct techniques of power. In the awareness of this distinction, one has to question why Foucault, in face of what was going on in his days, did nevertheless appeal – against governments – to the rights of those who are governed. Classical right may have nothing to do with biopolitics; however with regard to the so-called human rights we cannot claim the same.... view less
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Free Keywords
power; knowledge; strugle; humanism; acknowledgement
Document language
Portuguese
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 44-57
Journal
Revista Desafios, 1 (2015) 2
ISSN
2359-3652
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed