{"product_id":"on-the-politics-of-the-living-foucault-and-canguilhem-on-life-and-norms-9781350299283","title":"On the Politics of the Living: Foucault and Canguilhem on Life and Norms","description":"\u003cb\u003eBringing the philosophies of Michel Foucault and Georges Canguilhem into dialogue, Federico Testa examines the notions of life and norms underlying our modern experience of politics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday's global health crisis acts as a stark reminder that life is at the core of our political debates and dilemmas. We can no longer think of forms of political organization, citizenship and participation without considering the materiality and precarity of our own organic life. Ours is a politics of the living.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWithin this context, this book examines Foucault's work on the politicization of life and biopolitics through the lens of Canguilhem's notion of norms. Testa extracts from Canguilhem's philosophy the conceptual tools to re-interpret Foucault's ideas on power, and reconceptualises normativity as a process of the creation of norms that provide tools for political and social analysis and for thinking resistance. In so doing, he uncovers new and important possibilities for biopolitical resistance. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDemonstrating not only Canguilhem's underexplored social and political concerns but also the intellectual osmosis between the two thinkers, \u003ci\u003eOn the Politics of the Living\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent examination of the ever-increasing significance of the concepts of life, care and health in today's political discourse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFederico Testa\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Sociology and Humanites at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK. He is the translator and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Selected Writings of Pierre Hadot\u003c\/i\u003e (with M. Sharpe, Bloomsbury, 2020) and Jean-Marie Guyau's \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Epicurus\u003c\/i\u003e (with K. Ansell-Pearson, Bloomsbury, 2021).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51615417925906,"sku":"9781350299283","price":126.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0a008296-ac52-420f-967e-e2e9aa4a6247.jpg?v=1758095428","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-the-politics-of-the-living-foucault-and-canguilhem-on-life-and-norms-9781350299283","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}