Physis, Biopower, and Biothermodynamics

Physis, Biopower, and Biothermodynamics
Author :
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 296
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781040017173
ISBN-13 : 1040017177
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Physis, Biopower, and Biothermodynamics by : Enrique Leff

Download or read book Physis, Biopower, and Biothermodynamics written by Enrique Leff and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building upon the idea that our current "environmental question" arises from the history of metaphysics—which privileged thought about Being (or ontology) over the conditions of life—this book reinterprets Heraclitus’s notion of physis as the fundamental, emergent potency of life, as the category to-be-thought by thinkers. In so doing, it deconstructs the interpretation offered by Heidegger and so stresses the struggle between the creative force of life and its subjection to the human Logos or "meaning". Physis, understood as the pre-ontological potentiality of life itself, thus becomes the cornerstone of a materialist philosophy of life. Following engagements with the work of Nietzsche, Foucault, and Janicaud to explore the significance of human intervention into the realm of life via the "will to power", "biopower" and the "power of rationality" respectively, the author explores twentieth-century rearticulations of the concept of physis through a range of developments in biothermodynamics, thus grounding a new philosophy of life and a new bioeconomics in a revisited biothermodynamics centered on the concept of negentropy. An extensive engagement with the history and development of thought about the generative force of life on Earth, Physis, Biopower, Biothermodynamics, and Bioeconomics: The Fire of Life will appeal to scholars of philosophy, social theory, and political theory with interests in environmental thought, political ecology, and questions of sustainability.


Physis, Biopower, and Biothermodynamics Related Books

Physis, Biopower, and Biothermodynamics
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Enrique Leff
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-04-16 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Building upon the idea that our current "environmental question" arises from the history of metaphysics—which privileged thought about Being (or ontology) ove
Heidegger in the Face of the Environmental Question
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors: Enrique Leff
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-12-22 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume engages with the work of Heidegger to argue that the modern environmental crisis is fundamentally a crisis of understanding Life, resulting from the
Life Imaginaries, Environmental Rationality, and Dialogue of Savoirs
Language: en
Pages: 267
Authors: Enrique Leff
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-09-16 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Shifting from the idea that our current ‘environmental question’ arises from the history of metaphysics and its focus on ‘Being’ over ‘Life’—and t
The Politics of Curiosity
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Enrico Campo
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-04-26 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Through a variety of studies in the emerging field of attentional studies, this book examines and seeks alternatives to the current attention economy. Bringing
The Making of Council Democracy
Language: en
Pages: 219
Authors: Babak Amini
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-09-30 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“Council democracy” is a particular form of democratic socialism that strives towards democratic self-governance on the basis of active, free, and associate