Beschreibung:
This book explores the growing intellectual interest in the politics of immunity. It argues that taking an ¿immunitary perspective¿ is necessary if we are to better appreciate the body as a site of politics in the contemporary age. It explores the dynamic tensions between community and immunity, belonging and fragmentation, the social and the individual. It creates a dialogue between the social sciences, humanities and biopolitical philosophy around immunity.
Provides a rare interdisciplinary perspective on immunity, centred around the idea of 'immunitary life'
Chapter One: Immunitary Life: Biomedicine, Technology and the Body