Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life
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"Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life" is a philosophical work by Roberto Esposito that examines how modern concepts of immunity shape political life, biopolitics, and the tension between protecting and negating life in contemporary societies.
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| Immunitas: The Protection and Negation of Life canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
contemporary democratic societies
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risk and security politics ⓘ the politics of the body NERFINISHED ⓘ the relation between law and life ⓘ |
| author | Roberto Esposito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
debates on biopolitics
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debates on political theology ⓘ theory of community ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| critiques |
modern liberal individualism
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sovereign power over life ⓘ |
| examines |
how immunity structures political life
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legal and medical metaphors of immunity ⓘ the ambivalence of protection and exclusion ⓘ the biopolitical management of life ⓘ the relation between immunity and community ⓘ the tension between safeguarding life and negating it ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
philosophy of life
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political theory ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| followedBy | Bíos: Biopolitics and Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalTheme |
immunitary logic in modern institutions
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immunity as both protection and negation ⓘ life as a political category ⓘ limits of biopolitical protection ⓘ relation between individual and community ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Carl Schmitt’s political theory
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Martin Heidegger’s philosophy ⓘ Michel Foucault’s biopolitics ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
biopolitics
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immunity ⓘ modern political community ⓘ negation of life ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ protection of life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | Roberto Esposito’s biopolitics trilogy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | contemporary continental philosophy ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
community–immunity opposition
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immunitary paradigm ⓘ |
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