The biopolitical economy of the COVID-19 pandemic and the possibilities for an affirmative biopolitics

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-05-12 DOI:10.1080/1600910X.2022.2075026

Ali Rıza Taşkale

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is in threefold. First, it focuses on the workings and operations of the biopolitical economy. Second, it explores how the pandemic has exposed the thanatopolitical tendency of neoliberal capitalism, particularly in the form of herd immunity. Herd immunity deploys death as one of the instruments, making plain that the valuation of life is based on its sacrificability to capital. The final part engages with Roberto Esposito’s affirmative biopolitical perspective that strives to avoid the thanatopolitical tendency Agamben (over-)emphasized. I claim that while Esposito’s affirmative biopolitical perspective puts pressure on the thanatopolitical position, it could nevertheless be invoked for the reconstitution or reconceptualization of the future commons.

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新冠肺炎大流行的生命政治经济和积极的生命政治的可能性

本文的目的有三个方面。首先，它侧重于生物政治经济的运作和运作。其次，它探讨了大流行如何暴露了新自由主义资本主义的死亡政治倾向，特别是以群体免疫的形式。群体免疫将死亡作为一种工具，明确表明生命的价值是基于其对资本的牺牲性。最后一部分涉及罗伯托·埃斯波西托积极的生命政治观点，力求避免阿甘本(过度)强调的死亡政治倾向。我认为，虽然埃斯波西托肯定的生命政治观点对死亡政治立场施加了压力，但它仍然可以被用来重建或重新概念化未来的公地。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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