Between Sovereignty and Biopolitics: The Case of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Between Sovereignty and Biopolitics: The Case of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper investigates the so-called 'enhanced interrogation techniques' employed by US officials in the course of the War on Terror. Drawing on Foucault's analytics of power, the paper argues that these methods should be conceived as a result of the interaction between sovereign power and biopolitics. It demonstrates that unlike in the past, when sovereignty could impose its will without any considerations, nowadays sovereign manifestations are intertwined with biopolitical rationality. In the case ofenhanced interrogation techniques we thus witness a mixture and an overlap of different modalities of power which mutually influence each other. The paper further argues that the interferences of biopolitical concerns account for major changes that occurred in relation to bodily sanctions imposed by sovereign power. The salience of biopolitical rationality and its interactions with sovereignty thus rendered only certain categories of people 'torture-able', led to the partial concealment

Název v anglickém jazyce

Between Sovereignty and Biopolitics: The Case of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper investigates the so-called 'enhanced interrogation techniques' employed by US officials in the course of the War on Terror. Drawing on Foucault's analytics of power, the paper argues that these methods should be conceived as a result of the interaction between sovereign power and biopolitics. It demonstrates that unlike in the past, when sovereignty could impose its will without any considerations, nowadays sovereign manifestations are intertwined with biopolitical rationality. In the case ofenhanced interrogation techniques we thus witness a mixture and an overlap of different modalities of power which mutually influence each other. The paper further argues that the interferences of biopolitical concerns account for major changes that occurred in relation to bodily sanctions imposed by sovereign power. The salience of biopolitical rationality and its interactions with sovereignty thus rendered only certain categories of people 'torture-able', led to the partial concealment

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AD - Politologie a politické vědy

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2014

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Perspectives

ISSN

1210-762X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

22

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

87-109

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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