Sergei Prozorov

Biopolitics of Stalinism (eBook, ePUB)

Ideology and Life in Soviet Socialism

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Produktbeschreibung

Western theories of biopolitics focus on its liberal and fascist rationalities. In opposition to this, Stalinism is oriented more towards transforming life in accordance with the communist ideal, and less towards protecting it. Sergei Prozorov reconstructs this rationality in the early Stalinist project of the Great Break (1928-32) and its subsequent modifications during High Stalinism. He then relocates the question of biopolitics down to the level of the subject, tracing the way the 'new Soviet person' was to be produced in governmental practices and the role that violence and terror would play in this construction. Throughout, he engages with the canonical theories of Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben and Roberto Esposito, and the 'new materialist' theories of Michel Henry, Quentin Meillassoux and Catherine Malabou to critique the conventional approaches to biopolitics

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474410557
• Artikelnr.: 50215348

Autorenporträt

Sergei Prozorov is Professor of Political Science at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of books including The Biopolitics of Stalinism (2016) and Agamben and Politics (2014), also published by Edinburgh University Press. He has published over 30 articles in major international journals. His research interests include political philosophy, theories of democracy and totalitarianism, biopolitics and governance.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1 Postcommunist Stalinism: The Resurrection of the Effective Manager
2 Stalinism in the Theory of Biopolitics: A Brief Genealogy of a Reticence
3 The Great Break: Making Socialism Real
4 High Stalinism: Retreat, Simulacrum, Terror
5 Deathly Life: The Subject of Stalinism
6 Shalamov, or the Negative Experience
7 A Real Renewal of Life: Towards an Affirmative Biopolitics
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.