Weighing Posthumanism: Fatness and Contested Humanity

Abstract: "Our project on fatness begins by turning attention to the multiple cultural instances in which fatness has been intrinsically linked with notions such as self - neglect and poor self - management. In Foucauldian terms, we analyse the fat subject as a failed homo economicus, an individual who has failed to be an 'entrepreneur of himself, being for himself his own capital, being for himself his own producer, being for himself the source of [his] earnings' (Foucault, 2008, p. 226). From this perspective, we analyse instances of collective hatred towards fat subjects as direct results of the biopolitical triplet of responsibility, rationality, and morality. Morality is our bridge into the field of posthumanism, in which, as we demonstrate, these biopolitical imperatives also apply, reinforced by the field's fascination with prosthetics and enhancement. Where, by biopolitical standards, fat subjects have failed to manage themselves, posthuman subjects find themselves guilty of not resp

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Social Inclusion ; 4 (2016) 4 ; 150-159

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wann): 2016

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.17645/si.v4i4.705
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019051814102217967356
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.03.2025, 13:54 MEZ