Ontotechnologies of the Body

General characterization

Prerequisites

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Bibliography

Agamben, Giorgio (1998), O poder soberano e a vida nua. Homo sacer. Lisboa: Editorial Presença
Cascais, António Fernando (2009), “O que é um dispositivo?”, in António Fernando Cascais, Nuno Nabais e José Luís Câmara Leme (orgs.), Lei, Segurança, Disciplina. Trinta anos depois de Vigiar e punir de Michel Foucault. Lisboa: Centro de Filosofia das Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, pp. 31-53
Esposito, Roberto (2010), Bios. Biopolítica e filosofia. Lisboa: Edições 70
Foucault, Michel (1984), Vigiar e punir. Petrópolis: Vozes, 3ª ed.
Foucault, Michel (1977), A vontade de saber. Lisboa: Edições António Ramos

Teaching method

The teaching methodologies consist of the oral presentation and powerpoint presentation of the syllabus contents (75%), of the presentation and critical discussion and analysis of empirical case-studies with the help of audiovisual and digital support, and the analysis and discussion of each student’s research essays, presented in class (25%)

Evaluation method

The descriptive memory of the final research to be presented, analyzed and discussed in class will be evaluated (25%), as well as the essay or final written research report(75%)

Subject matter

1. Modern technoscience and the shaping of the body
1.1 Antropotechnics and sociotechnics: Leroi-Gourhan
1.2 Philosophies and sociologies of the body: corporeality, civilizing process, habitus
1.3 The panoptic dispositif in Michel Foucault
1.4 The dispositif of sexuality in Michel Foucault
1.5 Biopolitics - Michel Foucaul, Giorgio Agamben, Roberto Esposito
1.6 Biotechnoscientific shaping of the body and the post-human condition
1.7 The biotecnoscincies and subjectivation processes: From Donna Haraway to queer theory

Programs

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