Abstract If politics is understood as a foundational and open-ended activity, general problem that arises from such framing concerns the question of how to sustain possibility continuous openings without converting action into permanence closure. In this article, we approach problematic by treating Hannah Arendt an exemplary figure in current political thought emphasizes indeterminate nature ac...

Neste ensaio temos o objetivo de examinar modus operandi com qual Giorgio Agamben (1942) enfrenta matérias atinentes ao estado exceção. Em sua empresa intelectual, esta noção está imbricada a ideia biopolítica, que as torna indissociáveis. Ocorre que, mesmo tempo em filósofo procura desenvolver pontos giram torno da cientifica-se vida se tornou uma questão política, isto é, biologia converteu t...

this essay intends to show critical abilities of m. foucault's thought. it purposes that assertion to structural and relativistic narratives of foucault's thought, and interpration of it on heidegger, prevents to see critical aspects and critical thought project of foucault. the essay argues that in regard to critical thought, and out of limits of previous critical theory, foucault, w...

The politics of life and death is explored from the perspective of Doctors Without Borders (Médecins sans frontières [MSF]), an activist nongovernmental organization explicitly founded to respond to health crises on a global scale. Following the work of Michel Foucault and Giorgio Agamben, I underline key intersections between MSF’s operations that express concern for human life in the midst of...