Sergei Prozorov is Professor of Political Science at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of books including The Biopolitics of Stalinism (2016) and Agamben and Politics (2014), also published by Edinburgh University Press. He has published over 30 articles in major international journals. His research interests include political philosophy, theories of democracy and totalitarianism, biopolitics and governance.

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• Prologue: Towards an Experimental Analytics of GovernmentBiopolitics and the Eclipse of DemocracyAffirmative BiopoliticsA Note on MethodOutline of the ArgumentPart 1: Rousseau and the Critique of Biopolitics1. Rousseau’s AporiaThe Divided DemosSubtraction: The Constitution of the SovereignEmanation: The Constitution of GovernmentPolitics: the Existence of the PeopleGovernment over KingdomIndividual as Universe2. The Community of Solitary WalkersThe Free Subject of ReverieThe Universal and the SingularRousseau and Radical DemocracyRousseau’s Ambivalent LegacyDemocracy as the Experience of the GenericPart II: Freeform Life3. Biopower and the Politics of ContingencyTowards a Democratic BiopoliticsBiopower in the VoidThe Scandal of ContingencyFreedom, Equality, Community4. Is There a Democratic Form of Life?The Disappointments of the Faithful DemocratDemocracy of the IncommensurableDemocratic Mannerism　5. Demos DistractedBetween Captivation and BoredomThe Importance of Getting Carried AwayThe UnborablePhish6. How to Enjoy Democracy Again (and Again)The Malaise of DemocracyThe Pleasure of FormationDemocratic Biopolitics in the Age of Post-TruthEpilogue: Why Democracy is Good for Life

Sergei Prozorov is Professor of Political Science at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of books including The Biopolitics of Stalinism (2016) and Agamben and Politics (2014), also published by Edinburgh University Press. He has published over 30 articles in major international journals. His research interests include political philosophy, theories of democracy and totalitarianism, biopolitics and governance.

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• Prologue: Towards an Experimental Analytics of GovernmentBiopolitics and the Eclipse of DemocracyAffirmative BiopoliticsA Note on MethodOutline of the ArgumentPart 1: Rousseau and the Critique of Biopolitics1. Rousseau’s AporiaThe Divided DemosSubtraction: The Constitution of the SovereignEmanation: The Constitution of GovernmentPolitics: the Existence of the PeopleGovernment over KingdomIndividual as Universe2. The Community of Solitary WalkersThe Free Subject of ReverieThe Universal and the SingularRousseau and Radical DemocracyRousseau’s Ambivalent LegacyDemocracy as the Experience of the GenericPart II: Freeform Life3. Biopower and the Politics of ContingencyTowards a Democratic BiopoliticsBiopower in the VoidThe Scandal of ContingencyFreedom, Equality, Community4. Is There a Democratic Form of Life?The Disappointments of the Faithful DemocratDemocracy of the IncommensurableDemocratic Mannerism　5. Demos DistractedBetween Captivation and BoredomThe Importance of Getting Carried AwayThe UnborablePhish6. How to Enjoy Democracy Again (and Again)The Malaise of DemocracyThe Pleasure of FormationDemocratic Biopolitics in the Age of Post-TruthEpilogue: Why Democracy is Good for Life

Sergei Prozorov is Professor of Political Science at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of books including The Biopolitics of Stalinism (2016) and Agamben and Politics (2014), also published by Edinburgh University Press. He has published over 30 articles in major international journals. His research interests include political philosophy, theories of democracy and totalitarianism, biopolitics and governance.

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• Prologue: Towards an Experimental Analytics of GovernmentBiopolitics and the Eclipse of DemocracyAffirmative BiopoliticsA Note on MethodOutline of the ArgumentPart 1: Rousseau and the Critique of Biopolitics1. Rousseau’s AporiaThe Divided DemosSubtraction: The Constitution of the SovereignEmanation: The Constitution of GovernmentPolitics: the Existence of the PeopleGovernment over KingdomIndividual as Universe2. The Community of Solitary WalkersThe Free Subject of ReverieThe Universal and the SingularRousseau and Radical DemocracyRousseau’s Ambivalent LegacyDemocracy as the Experience of the GenericPart II: Freeform Life3. Biopower and the Politics of ContingencyTowards a Democratic BiopoliticsBiopower in the VoidThe Scandal of ContingencyFreedom, Equality, Community4. Is There a Democratic Form of Life?The Disappointments of the Faithful DemocratDemocracy of the IncommensurableDemocratic Mannerism　5. Demos DistractedBetween Captivation and BoredomThe Importance of Getting Carried AwayThe UnborablePhish6. How to Enjoy Democracy Again (and Again)The Malaise of DemocracyThe Pleasure of FormationDemocratic Biopolitics in the Age of Post-TruthEpilogue: Why Democracy is Good for Life