Exploring the intersections of Darwinian philosophy and scientism, this work critiques traditional views while advancing the concept of biopolitics in a contemporary context shaped by post-COVID realities. It challenges established ideas and offers fresh perspectives on societal governance and human behavior, aiming to adapt Foucault's theories to current circumstances.
"Do we need to be a "people," populus, in order to embrace democracy and live together in peace? What exactly do we mean by nationality or nationhood? In this book, moral philosopher Davide Tarizzo takes up the problem of modern democratic "peoples," proposing that Jacques Lacan's theory of subjectivity enables us to clearly distinguish between the notion of (personal) identity and the notion of subjectivity, and that this very distinction is critical to understanding the nature of "peoples" or "nations.""--
Résumé éditeur : " A paradigm-shifting genealogy of biological life as metaphysical concept rather than a scientific category. The word "biology" was first used to describe the scientific study of life in 1802, and as Davide Tarizzo demonstrates, our understanding of what being alive means is an equally recent invention. Circumventing tired debates about the validity of science and the truth of Darwinian evolution, Tarizzo instead envisions a profound paradigm shift in philosophical and scientific concepts of biological life."