The Second Biopolitics and the Naked Life

Abstract

This piece discusses the biopolitics notion of “naked” or “nude” life. Starting from Giorgio Agamben’s original concept, the analysis focuses on the extent to which this theory can be used for studying life under communist regimes.

Publication
In Sfera Politicii
Date

Cristina Bucur (2004) ‘The Second Biopolitics and the Naked Life’. Sfera Politicii 108: 37-41.

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Cristina Bucur
Political Science Researcher