Unbearable life : a henealogy of political erasure /
Bradley, Arthur,
Unbearable life : a henealogy of political erasure / Arthur Bradley. - 1 online resource (xim 270 pages) - Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture . - Insurrections. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Unbearable: Foucault and the Birth of Nihilopolitics; 2. Ungood: Augustine's City of Cacus; 3. Untimely Ripped: Macbeth's Children; 4. Uncommon: Hobbes's Martyrs; 5. Incorruptible: Robespierre and the Already Dead; 6. Unleashed: Schmitt and the Katechon; 7. Undead: Benjamin and the Past to Come; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Arthur Bradley explores the power to render life unlived from ancient Rome through the War on Terror. He argues that sovereignty is the power to decide what counts as being alive and what does not: to make life "unbearable," unrecognized as having lived or died.
0231550286 9780231550284 (electronic bk.) 9780231193382 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231193386 9780231193399 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0231193394
22573/ctvppcgp6 JSTOR
2019005951
Citizenship.
Expatriation.
Biopolitics.
Sovereignty.
Collective memory--Political aspects.
Political theology.
Biopolitique.
Souveraineté.
Mémoire collective--Aspect politique.
Théologie politique.
sovereignty.
PHILOSOPHY--Movements--Critical Theory.
Biopolitics.
Citizenship.
Expatriation.
Political theology.
Sovereignty.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JF801 / .B69 2019eb
320.01
Unbearable life : a henealogy of political erasure / Arthur Bradley. - 1 online resource (xim 270 pages) - Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture . - Insurrections. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Unbearable: Foucault and the Birth of Nihilopolitics; 2. Ungood: Augustine's City of Cacus; 3. Untimely Ripped: Macbeth's Children; 4. Uncommon: Hobbes's Martyrs; 5. Incorruptible: Robespierre and the Already Dead; 6. Unleashed: Schmitt and the Katechon; 7. Undead: Benjamin and the Past to Come; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Arthur Bradley explores the power to render life unlived from ancient Rome through the War on Terror. He argues that sovereignty is the power to decide what counts as being alive and what does not: to make life "unbearable," unrecognized as having lived or died.
0231550286 9780231550284 (electronic bk.) 9780231193382 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231193386 9780231193399 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0231193394
22573/ctvppcgp6 JSTOR
2019005951
Citizenship.
Expatriation.
Biopolitics.
Sovereignty.
Collective memory--Political aspects.
Political theology.
Biopolitique.
Souveraineté.
Mémoire collective--Aspect politique.
Théologie politique.
sovereignty.
PHILOSOPHY--Movements--Critical Theory.
Biopolitics.
Citizenship.
Expatriation.
Political theology.
Sovereignty.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JF801 / .B69 2019eb
320.01