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02987aam a2200421 a 4500 001 0D8D3956F70611E582760BA0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160331010051 008 120403t20112011enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012382541 020 $a 0745649149 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780745649146 (pbk.) 020 $a 0745649130 020 $a 9780745649139 035 $a (OCoLC)731901686 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDXCP $d FQG $d CDX $d BWX $d PBU $d EMU $d ZCU $d LML $d OBE $d MNU $d BDX $d RRP $d UKMGB $d ALAUL $d OCLCQ $d CHVBK $d NLM $d NhCcYME $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ita 042 $a pcc 050 $a JA79 $b .E7913 2012 050 00 $a JA79 $b .E7913 2012 100 1 $a Esposito, Roberto, $d 1950- 240 10 $a Immunitas. $l English. 245 10 $a Immunitas : $b the protection and negation of life / $c Roberto Esposito ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi. 250 $a English edition. 264 1 $a Cambridge ; $b Polity, $c [2011] 300 $a vi, 207 pages ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-198) and index. 520 $a This book by Roberto Esposito - a leading Italian political philosopher - is a highly original exploration of the relationship between human bodies and societies. The original function of law, even before it was codified, was to preserve peaceful cohabitation between people who were exposed to the risk of destructive conflict. Just as the human body's immune system protects the organism from deadly incursions by viruses and other threats, law also ensures the survival of the community in a life-threatening situation. It protects and prolongs life. But the function of law as a form of immunization points to a more disturbing consideration. Like the individual body, the collective body can be immunized from the perceived danger only by allowing a little of what threatens it to enter its protective boundaries. This means that in order to escape the clutches of death, life is forced to incorporate within itself the lethal principle. Starting from this reflection on the nature of immunization, Esposito offers a wide-ranging analysis of contemporary biopolitics. Never more than at present has the demand for immunization come to characterize all aspects of our existence. The more we feel at risk of being infiltrated and infected by foreign elements, the more the life of the individual and society closes off within its protective boundaries, forcing us to choose between a self-destructive outcome and a more radical alternative based on a new conception of community. -- Publisher description. 650 0 $a Political ethics. 650 0 $a Religious ethics. 650 0 $a Medical ethics. 650 0 $a Political science $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Privileges and immunities. 650 0 $a Immunization $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 12 $a Philosophy, Medical. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20160331011910.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0D8D3956F70611E582760BA0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search