{"product_id":"improper-life-technology-and-biopolitics-from-heidegger-to-agamben-paperback","title":"Improper Life: Technology and Biopolitics from Heidegger to Agamben - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy C. Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHas biopolitics actually become thanatopolitics, a field of study obsessed with death? Is there something about the nature of biopolitical thought today that makes it impossible to deploy affirmatively? If this is true, what can life-minded thinkers put forward as the merits of biopolitical reflection? These questions drive \u003ci\u003eImproper Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Timothy C. Campbell's dexterous inquiry-as-intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCampbell argues that a \"crypto-thanatopolitics\" can be teased out of Heidegger's critique of technology and that some of the leading scholars of biopolitics-including Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, and Peter Sloterdijk-have been substantively influenced by Heidegger's thought, particularly his reading of proper and improper writing. In fact, Campbell shows how all of these philosophers have pointed toward a tragic, thanatopolitical destination as somehow an inevitable result of technology. But in \u003ci\u003eImproper Life\u003c\/i\u003e he articulates a corrective biopolitics that can begin with rereadings of Foucault (especially his late work regarding the care and technologies of the self), Freud (notably his writings on the drives and negation), and Gilles Deleuze (particularly in the relation of attention to aesthetics).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThroughout \u003ci\u003eImproper Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Campbell insists that biopolitics can become more positive and productively asserts an affirmative \u003ci\u003etechnē\u003c\/i\u003e not thought through thanatos but rather practiced through \u003ci\u003ebíos\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy C. Campbell is professor of Italian in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757864681760,"sku":"9780816674657","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fde22e236b1c3367bf534361960ab5e2.webp?v=1780113457","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/improper-life-technology-and-biopolitics-from-heidegger-to-agamben-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}