Political Theology, Pastoral Power, and Resistance
Foucault’s genealogy of pastoral power as “a power of care” challenges us to think of modern medical institutions and practices in terms of political theology by emphasizing their continuities with older ecclesiastical practices. Both ecclesiastical and medical forms of pastoral power generate forms...
| Published in: | Political theology |
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| Subtitles: | Roundtable Discussion: Michel Foucault and Political Theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2021]
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Political theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pastoral power
/ Health system
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society RG Pastoral care |
| Further subjects: | B
counter-conduct
B Sexuality B Biopolitics B Governmentality B Political Theology B Foucault B Public health B pastoral power |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Foucault’s genealogy of pastoral power as “a power of care” challenges us to think of modern medical institutions and practices in terms of political theology by emphasizing their continuities with older ecclesiastical practices. Both ecclesiastical and medical forms of pastoral power generate forms of resistance or “counter-conduct” with theological and biopolitical implications. Foucault's prescient remarks on the relationship between forms of religious counter-conduct and modern movements to resist vaccines and other public health measures raise questions about the legacy of pastoral power in the contemporary world and the limits of rhetorical appeals to science and medical rationality. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2020.1866813 |