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Immunological Discourse in Political Philosophy: Immunisation and its Discontents

Immunological Discourse in Political Philosophy: Immunisation and its Discontents

Hardcover

Series: Theory, Technology and Society

PhilosophyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 147246169X
ISBN13: 9781472461698
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 10 2016
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Given the propensity of contemporary protection measures such as counterterrorism efforts and fierce protection strategies against viral threats, as well as physical and legal barriers against migration, a number of political philosophers, including Peter Sloterdijk and Roberto Esposito, have claimed that contemporary (political) culture can be characterised by a so-called 'immunisation paradigm'. This book critically examines the intricate entanglement between biological immunological notions and their political philosophical appropriation, whilst studying the 'immunisation response' to recent viral threats, including the Swine Flu pandemic of 2009 and the lab-bred Avian flu threat of 2012, to analyse immunisation as a biopolitical strategy.

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