The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) has the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar with Professor Paul W. Kahn on:
Two Forms of Biopolitics – Sacrifice and Conscription
Monday, 14 May 2012, 10.00-12.00
Danish Institute for International Studies
Main Auditorium
Strandgade 71, ground floor, 1401 Copenhagen K
Background
Sacrifice and conscription express different views of the nature of political violence. There is a logic to conscription, which leads to a juridified biopolitics in which the state acts on its interest in maintaining the strength and well-being of the population. This can take a variety of regulatory forms, including recent American efforts to create universal healthcare. The biopolitics of conscription is opposed by an alternative biopolitics of sacrifice. Sacrifice is a free act; it resists juridification. A sacrifice is always a gift, and there can be no such gift without a separation between the individual body and the body politic. In this talk, Paul Kahn explores points of tension between these two logics, and the way in which the state manages their relationship. He thereby sheds light on contemporary political issues, ranging from the US presidential election and the role of health care within it, to Danish and more broadly European debates over the professionalization of Western militaries.
Speakers
Paul W. Kahn, Professor, Yale Law School, Yale University
Vibeke Schou Tjalve, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Programme
10.00-10.05 Introduction
Vibeke Schou Tjalve, Senior Researcher, DIIS
10.05-11.00 Two Forms of Biopolitics
Paul W. Kahn, Professor, Yale Law School, Yale University
11.00-11.20 Coffee Break
11.20-12.00 Q & A
Chair: Vibeke Schou Tjalve, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Practical Information
The seminar will be held in English.
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use below online registration form no later than Friday, 11 May 2012 at 12.00 noon. |
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