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The dispositif between Foucault and Agamben
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-08, 19:36 authored by Tom FrostThis article interrogates the specter of resistance in the writings of Giorgio Agamben and Michel Foucault, arguing they open up divergent ways of theorizing resistance to power. This article’s focus is on both philosophers’ use and interpretation of the dispositif, or apparatus, which controls and orders subjects, and which is the target for forms of resistance. Whereas for Foucault resistance is a practice existing as a transcendent possibility for any individual, Agamben reads such transcendent forms of resistance as ultimately reinforcing the control of the dispositif, arguing that only a turn to ontology and immanent politics can resistance be meaningful.
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Publication status
- Published
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- Accepted version
Journal
Law, Culture and the HumanitiesISSN
1743-8721Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
Issue
1Volume
15Page range
151-171Department affiliated with
- Law Publications
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