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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Timothy C. CampbellPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780816674657ISBN 10: 0816674655 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 28 October 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsContents Preface: Bíos between Thanatos and Technē 1. Divisions of the Proper: Heidegger, Technology, and the Biopolitical 2. The Dispositifs of Thanatopolitics: Improper Writing and Life 3. Barely Breathing: Sloterdijk’s Immunitary Biopolitics 4. Practicing Bíos: Attention and Play as Technē Notes IndexReviews<p> Broadening biopower beyond its Nazi encampments in order to build a critique of liberalism, Timothy C. Campbell argues that modern politics captures life through invasive technologies of communication and consumption that promise protection from mortality, disability, boredom, and loneliness. Campbell links mass media and bioengineering to the birth of a global petty bourgeoisie defined by a terrifying lack of distance and the relentless dismantling of community. This compelling, powerfully argued book should be read by anyone interested in the futures of collective life in the age of smart bombs and cloud computing. --Julia Reinhard Lupton, author of Thinking with Shakespeare: Essays on Politics and Life Broadening biopower beyond its Nazi encampments in order to build a critique of liberalism, Timothy C. Campbell argues that modern politics captures life through invasive technologies of communication and consumption that promise protection from mortality, disability, boredom, and loneliness. Campbell links mass media and bioengineering to the birth of a global petty bourgeoisie defined by a terrifying lack of distance and the relentless dismantling of community. This compelling, powerfully argued book should be read by anyone interested in the futures of collective life in the age of smart bombs and cloud computing. --Julia Reinhard Lupton, author of Thinking with Shakespeare: Essays on Politics and Life Broadening biopower beyond its Nazi encampments in order to build a critique of liberalism, Timothy C. Campbell argues that modern politics captures life through invasive technologies of communication and consumption that promise protection from mortality, disability, boredom, and loneliness. Campbell links mass media and bioengineering to the birth of a global petty bourgeoisie defined by a terrifying lack of distance and the relentless dismantling of community. This compelling, powerfully argued book should be read by anyone interested in the futures of collective life in the age of smart bombs and cloud computing. Julia Reinhard Lupton, author of Thinking with Shakespeare: Essays on Politics and Life Broadening biopower beyond its Nazi encampments in order to build a critique of liberalism, Timothy C. Campbell argues that modern politics captures life through invasive technologies of communication and consumption that promise protection from mortality, disability, boredom, and loneliness. Campbell links mass media and bioengineering to the birth of a global petty bourgeoisie defined by a terrifying lack of distance and the relentless dismantling of community. This compelling, powerfully argued book should be read by anyone interested in the futures of collective life in the age of smart bombs and cloud computing. --Julia Reinhard Lupton, author of Thinking with Shakespeare: Essays on Politics and Life Author InformationTimothy C. Campbell is professor of Italian in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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