Print syllabusBiopolitics
General data
| Course ID: | 3501-BIOPOL20-M-OG |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
08.1
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| Course title: | Biopolitics |
| Name in Polish: | Biopolityka |
| Organizational unit: | Faculty of Philosophy |
| Course groups: |
General university courses in the humanities |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | Polish |
| Type of course: | elective monographs |
| Prerequisites (description): | Students should be interested in the theoretical foundations of political, social and ethical issues and have the ability to think critically and analytically. |
| Mode: | Classroom |
| Short description: |
Lecture on biopolitics, presents the philosophical and political dimension of issues related to life (interpreted as zoe and bios). The subject of the lecture is significantly connected with the history of philosophy, ethics, philosophy of law, sociology of politics and political science. |
| Full description: |
Lecture on biopolitics, presents the philosophical and political dimension of issues related to life (understood as zoe and bios). The subject of the lecture is significantly connected with the history of philosophy, ethics, philosophy of law, sociology of politics and political science. Examples of issues discussed during the lecture: Prefiguration of the biopolitics- Plato. The state as a "great man" I. Biopolitics as a political practice Basic needs in the perspective of political actions: The need for shelter, arcitecture, space forming a hierarchy and space in the service of equality, imagined political space, The need for rest, normalization of work, time, a new type of family Security Hygiene Nutrition Health and illness II. The birth of a political body: Nationalism and ethnonationalism. Feminism as a social movement Gender in social space Reproduction, sex and sexuality as political problems Eugenics as a political practice The birth of biopolitics as a political theory. Rudolf Kjellen III. Philosophical approach to biopolitics Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault: reason and madness, disciplinary power, sexuality, territory-population Giorgio Agamben Politics of life Antonio Negri, Michael Hardt, Anthony Giddens, Roberto Esposito Immunology of the political body Ágnes Heller Nikolas Rose Contemporary biopower Gender as a performative category, ethical reproduction, women's work problem Contemporary bioethical and biopolitical problems. J. Habermas, F. Fukuyama |
| Bibliography: |
Wybór/Selection: Robert Esposito, Biopolityka (2008); R. Esposito, Pojęcia polityczne (2015); Th. Lemke Biopolityka; Robert Blank, Biology and Political Science (2001); Przewodnik po współczesnej filozofii politycznej red. R.E.Goodwin i in.; W. Kymlicka Współczesna filozofia polityczna; Agamben G., Homo Sacer, Suwerenna władza i nagie życie, (2008)., Arendt, Kondycja ludzka, Arendt H., Korzenie totalitaryzmu (2008), Foucault M., Narodziny biopolityki (2011), Foucault M., Trzeba bronić społeczeństwa, (1998), Franklin S., (red), Remaking Life and Death: Toward an Anthropology of the Biosciences, (2000), Giddens A., Nowoczesność i tożsamość. „Ja” i społeczeństwo w epoce późnej nowoczesności, (2001) |
| Learning outcomes: |
Knowledge: K_W10, student knows the basic concepts, problems, theories and methods of biopolitics. Skills: K_U0, student is able to critically analyze oral and written statements of authors in the field of biopolitics - reconstruct ideas, identify factual and normative assumptions, critically assess the correctness of argumentation. W_U14 student is able to prepare and deliver an oral presentation (paper) - particularly from the field of biopolitics or related disciplines and sub-disciplines of science. Social competences: K_K01, student is ready to critically assess received knowledge and information. |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Oral or written test Permissible number of absences: 2 in a semester |
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