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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Politics of Death
T2 - On Life after the ‘End of History'.
AU - Palladino, Paolo
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - In this paper, the most recent writings by Giorgio Agamben and Bruno Latour are brought into dialog by examining what light they shed on contemporary debates concerning “end of life” decisions. More specifically, the paper focuses on the debates sparked by Diane Pretty's request for a grant of immunity against legal prosecution if her husband were to assist her to commit suicide and so terminate her increasingly unbearable suffering from motor neurone disease. The aim of this exercise is to articulate the presuppositions informing two influential and radically opposed views on the contemporary reconfiguration of relationships between humans, animals and other non-humans.
AB - In this paper, the most recent writings by Giorgio Agamben and Bruno Latour are brought into dialog by examining what light they shed on contemporary debates concerning “end of life” decisions. More specifically, the paper focuses on the debates sparked by Diane Pretty's request for a grant of immunity against legal prosecution if her husband were to assist her to commit suicide and so terminate her increasingly unbearable suffering from motor neurone disease. The aim of this exercise is to articulate the presuppositions informing two influential and radically opposed views on the contemporary reconfiguration of relationships between humans, animals and other non-humans.
U2 - 10.1080/1479758032000135988
DO - 10.1080/1479758032000135988
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
SP - 321
EP - 335
JO - Journal for Cultural Research
JF - Journal for Cultural Research
SN - 1479-7585
IS - 3
ER -