Foucault's Futures : A Critique of Reproductive Reason.
Deutscher, Penelope.
Foucault's Futures : A Critique of Reproductive Reason. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (276 pages) - Critical Life Studies . - Critical Life Studies .
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Suspensions of Sex: Foucault and Derrida -- 2. Reproductive Futurism, Lee Edelman, and Reproductive Rights -- 3. Foucault's Children: Re-Reading The History of Sexuality -- 4. Immunity, Bare Life, and the Thanatopolitics of Reproduction: Foucault, Esposito, Agamben -- 5. Judith Butler, Precarious Life, and Reproduction: From Social Ontology to Ontological Tact -- Notes -- Index.
Penelope Deutscher reconsiders the role of procreation in Foucault's thought, especially its proximity to risk, mortality, and death. Foucault's Futures brings together his work on sexuality and biopolitics to provide new insights into the conflicted political status of reproductive conduct and what it means for feminism and critical theory.
9780231544559
Feminist ethics.
Human reproduction-Philosophy.
Sex-Philosophy.
Foucault, Michel,-1926-1984-Influence.
Electronic books.
BJ1395 .D488 2017
176/.2
Foucault's Futures : A Critique of Reproductive Reason. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (276 pages) - Critical Life Studies . - Critical Life Studies .
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Suspensions of Sex: Foucault and Derrida -- 2. Reproductive Futurism, Lee Edelman, and Reproductive Rights -- 3. Foucault's Children: Re-Reading The History of Sexuality -- 4. Immunity, Bare Life, and the Thanatopolitics of Reproduction: Foucault, Esposito, Agamben -- 5. Judith Butler, Precarious Life, and Reproduction: From Social Ontology to Ontological Tact -- Notes -- Index.
Penelope Deutscher reconsiders the role of procreation in Foucault's thought, especially its proximity to risk, mortality, and death. Foucault's Futures brings together his work on sexuality and biopolitics to provide new insights into the conflicted political status of reproductive conduct and what it means for feminism and critical theory.
9780231544559
Feminist ethics.
Human reproduction-Philosophy.
Sex-Philosophy.
Foucault, Michel,-1926-1984-Influence.
Electronic books.
BJ1395 .D488 2017
176/.2