ANTHR 4450
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- Schedule of Classes - May 8, 2025 11:33AM EDT
Classes
ANTHR 4450
Course Description
Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of the relation between biological and the political, power and resistance, and life and death. Fifty years ago, the philosopher Michel Foucault offered two terms to describe it: biopolitics and biopower. In this introduction to both, we take up Foucault's writings on biopolitics in a series of interdisciplinary contexts, including but not limited to the philosophical, anthropological, and political. In addition to Foucault, w will be reading elaborations on what has been called the biopolitical paradigm from writers as diverse as Agamben, Arendt, Arif, Biehl, Butler, Esposito, Fassin, Mbembe, and Sloterdijk. Questions to be asked include how to describe relation between biopolitics and racism and in what ways has the pandemic altered our understanding of biopolitics.
Distribution Requirements (HA-AG), (HST-AS)
Last 4 terms offered 2024SP, 2022FA
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 7450, ITAL 4250, ITAL 6250
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))