The Biopolitics of COVID-19 The term ‘biopolitics’ can be understood as the intersectional relationship between human life and the role of politics, the guiding political rationality which takes the administration of life and populations as its subject, in Michel Foucault’s words: “to ensure, sustain, and multiply life, to put this life in order” (The WillContinue reading “Post #7”
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Climate Change and Our Moral Obligation Scientists say that, under current rates of global emissions, the planet will be 2.5 to 10° F warmer by the end of the century, causing cataclysmic changes to our environment in terms of drought, weather disturbances, rising sea-levels and ocean acidification, and international conflict — threats to our veryContinue reading “Post #4”
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The idea of nationalism has long been seen throughout the world. Nationalism is ones identification with themselves as belonging to a particular nation or state as well as excluding the ideas of other nations simply because they are considered “outsiders”. Freed Zakaria states that globalization has caused the movement of national interests to the internationalContinue reading “Post #3”