Twenty-First Century Biopolitics (Beyond Humanism: Trans- and Posthumanism / Jenseits des Humanismus: Trans- und Posthumanismus)

What are phenomena of contemporary biopolitics in the twenty-first century? Foucault's theory of biopolitics as neoliberalism is opposed to post-political theories developed by Agamben, Hardt and Negri and as such - more instructive. Because microstrategy of power is not Foucault's final word on politics, political genealogy opens the space for creative and local critique of biopolitics. And if military interventions, terrorism and wars against terrorism are exemplary phenomena of biopolitics, bellum justum is a contradictio in adjecto. In response to such biopolitics, the relation between sovereignty and democracy is re-examined and we are entering a time of small revolutions. Bogdana Koljević is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Media and Communications and Research Associate at the Institute for Political Studies in Belgrade. Her special field of interest is contemporary political philosophy. Cover......Page 1 Special Acknowledgement......Page 9 Content......Page 11 Part I: The Phenomena Of Contemporary Biopolitics vs. Potentialities For Rethinking The Political......Page 13 What Is Contemporary Critique Of Biopolitics?......Page 15 From International Terrorism To International Institutions: Liberal Interventionism Or Post-Liberal Internationalism?......Page 23 Sovereignty, Democracy And The Political......Page 35 Part II: Twenty-First Century – Time OfSmall Revolutions?......Page 45 Twenty-First Century As The World of Biopolitics......Page 47 Arab Spring Between Biopolitics And Democratic Uprising Of The People......Page 53 The Occupy Movement – Simulation Or The Initial Step Of Resistance?......Page 65 The Birth Of Radical European Politics Of Left And Right......Page 73 Time Of Small Revolutions, Biopolitics And True Democracy......Page 89 What are phenomena of contemporary biopolitics in the twenty-first century? Foucault’s theory of biopolitics as neoliberalism is opposed to post-political theories developed by Agamben, Hardt and Negri and as such – more instructive. Because microstrategy of power is not Foucault’s final word on politics, political genealogy opens the space for creative and local critique of biopolitics. And if military interventions, terrorism and wars against terrorism are exemplary phenomena of biopolitics, bellum justum is a contradictio in adjecto. In response to such biopolitics, the relation between sovereignty and democracy is re-examined and we are entering a time of small revolutions. What are phenomena of contemporary biopolitics in the twenty-first century? Foucault's theory of & ltI>biopolitics as neoliberalism & lt/I>is opposed to post-political theories developed by Agamben, Hardt and Negri and as such - more instructive. Because microstrategy of power is not Foucault's final word on politics, political genealogy opens the space for creative and local critique of biopolitics. And if military interventions, terrorism and wars against terrorism are exemplary phenomena of biopolitics, & ltI>bellum justum & lt/I>is a & ltI>contradictio in adjecto & lt/I>. In response to such biop In order to articulate contemporary biopolitics the author examines Foucault's, Hardt's and Negri's theories. Phenomena of military interventions, terrorism and wars against terrorism are presented as contemporary biopolitics. The events such as the Arab Spring, OWS movement and the gap between EU forms and European realities are also analyzed.