Paradoxes of biopower: the reduction of human life to mere natural life

Authors

  • Castor M. M. Bartolomé Ruiz

Abstract

This paper discusses the relation between human life and the power devices. Modern societies have used human life to obtain gains for their institutions and structures. The political praxis has become a way of administering human beings by inserting natural human life in the institutional interests. This is the main goal of biopolitics.

Key words: biopower, human life, natural life, human rights.

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Published

2021-06-04

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RUIZ, C. M. M. B. Paradoxes of biopower: the reduction of human life to mere natural life. Filosofia Unisinos / Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, São Leopoldo, v. 8, n. 3, p. 263–275, 2021. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/5827. Acesso em: 9 may. 2025.

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2007): September/December

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