The Somatechnics of Life and Death: Towards a New Feminist Biopolitics

The question of life and its boundaries has become a central problematic in contemporary philosophical and arts discourse. This volume explores the intersections and divergences between critical conceptions of time and technology, examining our mediated and material embodied entanglements with key questions about life and death. It is a significant contribution to the study of corporeality in gender studies and feminism.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 124 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The boundaries of life and its definition have long been a subject of philosophical and artistic exploration. In the increasingly technologized world, questions about what constitutes life and living have become central to contemporary philosophical and arts discourse. Mel Chen's book "Animacies" (2012) highlights the importance of rethinking the boundaries of life and death in the twenty-first century. Contributors to this volume argue that the question of life has become a central concern in recent feminist biopolitics, alongside discussions of scientific ethics and technological/organic power relationships.

This volume explores the intersections and divergences between critical conceptions of time and technology, drawing on a range of perspectives and approaches to examine our mediated and material embodied entanglements with key questions about life and death. It makes a significant contribution to the study of corporeality in gender studies and feminism, and will be of interest to academics, researchers, and advanced students of philosophy, gender studies, literary theory, and politics.

The original publication of this volume was as a special issue of "Australian Feminist Studies."

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367632472