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From Biopolitics to Necropolitcs

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
TuTh 4p.m. – 5:15p.m.		 University Hall Y03-3350 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
Time
TuTh 4p.m. – 5:15p.m.
Location
University Hall Y03-3350
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

This course investigates the theoretical tradition that moves political theory from a juridical emphasis on the legal problem of sovereignty, to a broader interrogation of various technologies of power invested in the regulation of life and death. In this course we explore both, the foundational texts of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault, as well as the reception, further development, and complication of their theories in the works of other contemporary political theorists, such as Giorgio Agamben, Roberto Esposito, and Achille Mbembe.

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

1/27/2025 - 5/14/2025

Location

University Hall Y03-3350

Enrolled / Capacity

9 / 30

Status

Closed

Instructor

Andres Henao Castro

Tuition*

$1984 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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