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Dementia and the Paradigm of the Camp: Thinking Beyond Giorgio Agamben's Concept of "Bare Life".
- Source :
- Journal of Bioethical Inquiry; Jun2019, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p195-205, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This essay discusses the use of analogies drawn from the Holocaust in cultural representations and critical scholarship on dementia. The paper starts with a discussion of references to the death camp in cultural narratives about dementia, specifically Annie Ernaux's account of her mother's dementia in I Remain in Darkness. It goes on to develop a critique of Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben's work on biopolitics and "bare life," focusing specifically on the linguistic foundations of his thinking. This underpins a consideration of the limitations of his philosophy and ontologically derived notions of weakness and passivity in imagining life with dementia as a potential site of agency or as the locus for transformative ideas about care, community, and non-instrumentalist conceptions of human value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11767529
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137228714
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-019-09913-5