One Paradigm, Two Potentialities: Freedom, Sovereignty and Foucault in Agamben’s Reading of Aristotle’s ‘δύναμις’ (<i>dynamis</i>)

Authors

  • David Bleeden DePaul University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22439/fs.v0i10.3125

Abstract

This piece considers especially the concept of potentiality in Agamben, and how it is indebted to and present in Foucault’s thought. It draws on Aristotle to highlight important aspects of potentiality and to consider Agamben’s interpretation of it. The paper thus indicates some of the important ontological and methodological aspects of the relations between Foucault and Agamben.

Author Biography

David Bleeden, DePaul University

David Bleeden is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at DePaul University. His research is focused mainly in social and political philosophy and revolves around the question of the relation between ontology and politics. Currently he is completing his doctoral dissertation which is an archaeology of the concept of freedom.

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Published

2010-11-01

How to Cite

Bleeden, D. (2010). One Paradigm, Two Potentialities: Freedom, Sovereignty and Foucault in Agamben’s Reading of Aristotle’s ‘δύναμις’ (<i>dynamis</i>). Foucault Studies, (10), 68–84. https://doi.org/10.22439/fs.v0i10.3125

Issue

Number 10: November 2010: Foucault and Agamben

Section

Special Issue on Foucault and Agamben

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