Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm

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Torrano, María Andrea
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2016
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inglés
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This article problematizes the political category of the monster in Hobbes's thought from a biopolitical perspective. Even though political thought has been tra-ditionally focused on Leviathan's figure as a political monster, here we pay particular attention to the maxim homo homini lupus, which can be identified with the wereWolf. This figure allows us on the one hand, to show how the Wolf becomes man with the creation of the State, and on the other hand, to show how there is a constant threat of man becoming Wolf, of the lupification of man. Hobbes's discourse of sovereignty aims to neutralize the wereWolf. This neutralization can be seen as immunization. In this sense, the wereWolf operates both as poison and as antidote-pharmakon-within the State. The wereWolf produces an inoculation with a therapeutical function: it is a dose of the same poison from which the State seeks to protect itself.
Fil: Torrano, María Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina
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BIOPOLITICS
IMMUNIZATION
MONSTROSITY
SOVEREIGNTY
WEREWOLF
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spelling Werewolves in the immunitary paradigmTorrano, María AndreaBIOPOLITICSIMMUNIZATIONMONSTROSITYSOVEREIGNTYWEREWOLFhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6This article problematizes the political category of the monster in Hobbes's thought from a biopolitical perspective. Even though political thought has been tra-ditionally focused on Leviathan's figure as a political monster, here we pay particular attention to the maxim homo homini lupus, which can be identified with the wereWolf. This figure allows us on the one hand, to show how the Wolf becomes man with the creation of the State, and on the other hand, to show how there is a constant threat of man becoming Wolf, of the lupification of man. Hobbes's discourse of sovereignty aims to neutralize the wereWolf. This neutralization can be seen as immunization. In this sense, the wereWolf operates both as poison and as antidote-pharmakon-within the State. The wereWolf produces an inoculation with a therapeutical function: it is a dose of the same poison from which the State seeks to protect itself.Fil: Torrano, María Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; ArgentinaPhilosophy Documentation Center2016-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/85213Torrano, María Andrea; Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm; Philosophy Documentation Center; Philosophy Today; 60; 1; 12-2016; 153-1732329-85960031-8256CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.pdcnet.org/philtoday/content/philtoday_2016_0060_0001_0153_0173info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5840/philtoday2016113102info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-12-23T13:55:28Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/85213instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-12-23 13:55:28.691CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm
title Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm
spellingShingle Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm
Torrano, María Andrea
BIOPOLITICS
IMMUNIZATION
MONSTROSITY
SOVEREIGNTY
WEREWOLF
title_short Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm
title_full Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm
title_fullStr Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm
title_full_unstemmed Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm
title_sort Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Torrano, María Andrea
author Torrano, María Andrea
author_facet Torrano, María Andrea
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv BIOPOLITICS
IMMUNIZATION
MONSTROSITY
SOVEREIGNTY
WEREWOLF
topic BIOPOLITICS
IMMUNIZATION
MONSTROSITY
SOVEREIGNTY
WEREWOLF
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This article problematizes the political category of the monster in Hobbes's thought from a biopolitical perspective. Even though political thought has been tra-ditionally focused on Leviathan's figure as a political monster, here we pay particular attention to the maxim homo homini lupus, which can be identified with the wereWolf. This figure allows us on the one hand, to show how the Wolf becomes man with the creation of the State, and on the other hand, to show how there is a constant threat of man becoming Wolf, of the lupification of man. Hobbes's discourse of sovereignty aims to neutralize the wereWolf. This neutralization can be seen as immunization. In this sense, the wereWolf operates both as poison and as antidote-pharmakon-within the State. The wereWolf produces an inoculation with a therapeutical function: it is a dose of the same poison from which the State seeks to protect itself.
Fil: Torrano, María Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina
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Torrano, María Andrea; Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm; Philosophy Documentation Center; Philosophy Today; 60; 1; 12-2016; 153-173
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CONICET Digital
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