Learning objectives
To acquire knowledge regarding the main components of the presented conceptual framework.
To be able to analyze critically the biomedical model.
Course unit content
What ia a dispositif?
The relation between science and power.
The relationship between medicine and power.
Bibliography
Agamben G., Che cos'è un dispositivo, Nottetempo, Roma 2006.
Foucault M. (1976), La politica della salute nel XVIII secolo, in Idem, Archivio Foucault. Interventi, colloqui, interviste. 2. 1971-1977. Poteri, saperi, strategie, a cura di A. Del Lago, Feltrinelli, Milano 1997, pp. 187-201.
Foucault M. (1976), Crisi della medicina o crisi dell'antimedicina?, in Idem, Archivio Foucault. Interventi, colloqui, interviste. 2. 1971-1977. Poteri, saperi, strategie, a cura di A. Del Lago, Feltrinelli, Milano 1997, pp. 202-219.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Screening and critical analysis of a film.
Assessment methods and criteria
The students' learnings will be assessed by a written exam.