This
thesis
develops
an
account
of
Agamben’s
philosophical
archaeology
through
an
analysis
of
the
notions
of
signatures,
paradigms
and
the
archē,
and
through
an
examination
of
Agamben’s
critique
of
both
Western
metaphysics
and
deconstruction.
It
claims
that
Agamben’s
philosophical
archaeology
and
his
analysis
of
the
differentiating
logic
of
Western
metaphysics
constitute
the
necessary
framework
from
which
the
Homo
Sacer
project
should
be
examined.
In
this
sense
this
project
rearticulates
Agamben’s
works
on
signification,
language
and
ontology
with
his
archaeology
of
power.
Indeed,
my
thesis
reconstructs
Agamben’s
critique
of
metaphysis
in
order
to
bring
together
the
two
parts
of
the
Homo
Sacer
project
through
an
analysis
of
the
production
of
bare
life:
the
archaeology
of
the
signature
of
Sovereignty
and
the
archaeology
of
governmentality.
It
argues
that
throughout
the
work
of
Agamben
there
is
no
rupture
in
terms
of
his
treatment
of
power
but
rather
that
there
are
different
emphases
that
are
combined
in
his
analysis
of
the
governmental
machine.
Finally,
this
thesis
uses
the
theoretical
and
methodological
frameworks
that
it
develops
to
address
the
relation
between
biopolitics,
the
governmental
machine,
Agamben’s
account
of
ontology,
and
bare
life.
To
conclude,
this
thesis
offers
an
examination
of
Agamben’s
notion
of
resistance,
that
is,
the
politics
of
inoperativity
through
an
analysis
of
the
central
categories
that
constitute
his
attempt
at
rendering
inoperative
the
signatures
of
Life
and
Power:
Destituent
Power,
form-‐of-‐life,
and
Use.
| Date of Award | Feb 2016 |
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| Original language | English |
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| Awarding Institution | |
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| Supervisor | Mark Devenney (Supervisor) |
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The political ontology of Giorgio Agamben: bare life and the governmental machine
Primera Villamizar, G. (Author). Feb 2016
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis