Biopolitics, Thanatopolitics and the Right to Life

What is it about?

The right to life is a fundamental human right. This article explores the link between human rights and biopolitics. It argues that proper guarantee of the right to life is based on a proper discrimination of lives. In this sense, it would be partial to view the right to life from a thanatopolitical perspective.

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Why is it important?

It identifies the normative strand of contemporary biopolitical regimes as human rights standards are brought to bear on them. Similarly, it analyzes the effect biopolitical frameworks have on human rights.