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Given the propensity of contemporary protection measures such as
counterterrorism efforts and fierce protection strategies against
viral threats, as well as physical and legal barriers against
migration, a number of political philosophers, including Peter
Sloterdijk and Roberto Esposito, have claimed that contemporary
(political) culture can be characterised by a so-called
'immunisation paradigm'. This book critically examines the
intricate entanglement between biological immunological notions and
their political philosophical appropriation, whilst studying the
'immunisation response' to recent viral threats, including the
Swine Flu pandemic of 2009 and the lab-bred Avian flu threat of
2012, to analyse immunisation as a biopolitical strategy. Offering
insights into to the polarising tendencies in contemporary
political culture resulting from the appropriation of immunological
concepts in political thought, the author also shows how political
philosophers tend to build on purely defensive understandings of
immunity. As such, Immunological Discourse in Political Philosophy
constitutes a theoretically sophisticated critique of the 'semantic
trap' caused by the use of immunological concepts in political
philosophy. Arguing for a more versatile and less defensive
immunological repertoire, which allows for the development of
alternative and less polarised forms of political debate, this book
will appeal to scholars of political theory, sociology, philosophy
and science and technology studies.
Given the propensity of contemporary protection measures such as
counterterrorism efforts and fierce protection strategies against
viral threats, as well as physical and legal barriers against
migration, a number of political philosophers, including Peter
Sloterdijk and Roberto Esposito, have claimed that contemporary
(political) culture can be characterised by a so-called
'immunisation paradigm'. This book critically examines the
intricate entanglement between biological immunological notions and
their political philosophical appropriation, whilst studying the
'immunisation response' to recent viral threats, including the
Swine Flu pandemic of 2009 and the lab-bred Avian flu threat of
2012, to analyse immunisation as a biopolitical strategy. Offering
insights into to the polarising tendencies in contemporary
political culture resulting from the appropriation of immunological
concepts in political thought, the author also shows how political
philosophers tend to build on purely defensive understandings of
immunity. As such, Immunological Discourse in Political Philosophy
constitutes a theoretically sophisticated critique of the 'semantic
trap' caused by the use of immunological concepts in political
philosophy. Arguing for a more versatile and less defensive
immunological repertoire, which allows for the development of
alternative and less polarised forms of political debate, this book
will appeal to scholars of political theory, sociology, philosophy
and science and technology studies.
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