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Excerpt: /203/ Positive Biopolitics? ft. Benjamin Bratton
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9 minutes
Released:
Jul 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
On pandemic & post-pandemic politics.
We talk to Benjamin Bratton about his new book, The Revenge of the Real, and its argument for a "positive biopolitics". What does an "epidemiological view of society" look like, and why should we let go of the idea that unmediated social relations are the most authentic kind? We touch on the work of Foucault and Agamben and why they are or aren't relevant to our conditions and critique "boomer theorists".
The full episode is for subscribers only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast
Come to our book launch in London.
Readings:
The Revenge of the Real, Verso Books
The 7th Function of Language, Laurent Binet, Penguin
We talk to Benjamin Bratton about his new book, The Revenge of the Real, and its argument for a "positive biopolitics". What does an "epidemiological view of society" look like, and why should we let go of the idea that unmediated social relations are the most authentic kind? We touch on the work of Foucault and Agamben and why they are or aren't relevant to our conditions and critique "boomer theorists".
The full episode is for subscribers only. Sign up at patreon.com/bungacast
Come to our book launch in London.
Readings:
The Revenge of the Real, Verso Books
The 7th Function of Language, Laurent Binet, Penguin
Released:
Jul 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
/30/ Italy: Country of the Future? ft. David Broder: In which we debate the upcoming Italian elections. Also corruption, bunga bunga, communism, migrants, fascism, & Europe. by Bungacast