Mgr. Olivera Radovanović

Bachelor's thesis

Biopower and State Racism by Michel Foucault – How the ‘Right to Kill’ Gets Justified in the Modern Era

Biopower and State Racism by Michel Foucault – How the ‘Right to Kill’ Gets Justified in the Modern Era
Abstract:
In line with his reputation of a rebel intellectual who shook the constraints of social institutions and challenged the preconceptions about the way society functions, Michel Foucault opened the ‘black box’ of state control and defiantly spoke out about the implicit practices of power. He posited how the old power which granted a sovereign the right ‘to kill and let live,’ i.e. have life and death …more
Abstract:
In line with his reputation of a rebel intellectual who shook the constraints of social institutions and challenged the preconceptions about the way society functions, Michel Foucault opened the ‘black box’ of state control and defiantly spoke out about the implicit practices of power. He posited how the old power which granted a sovereign the right ‘to kill and let live,’ i.e. have life and death …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 24. 5. 2010

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 14. 6. 2010
  • Supervisor: Mgr. Igor Nosál, Ph.D.
  • Reader: Mgr. Lenka Šafránková Pavlíčková

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Social Studies

Bachelor programme / field:
Sociology / Sociology