The Body as an Artifact: Medical Technologies, Anatomy-Policies and Resistance

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Jorge M. Escobar Ortiz

Abstract

In this article, the thesis that there is an important change of direction in anatomy-politics bio-power of the end of XX century and beginning of XXI century is defended. This change of direction refers to the ap­pearance of different cultural trends, which embodies the human body as an artifact that may be used to show resistance to power. For this, these trends use medical technologies as a means to design the agreement body with a specific intention which allows complying certain previously selected function by whom it identifies such a body as his/her own.

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Author Biography

Jorge M. Escobar Ortiz, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, ITM

Filósofo (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia), magíster en Filosofía (University of Manitoba, Canadá) y magíster
en Historia y Filosofía de la Ciencia (University of Notre Dame, Estados Unidos de América). Miembro
del grupo Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad más Innovación (CTS+i) del Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano
(Medellín, Colombia).

How to Cite

Escobar Ortiz, J. M. (2015). The Body as an Artifact: Medical Technologies, Anatomy-Policies and Resistance. Ciencias Sociales Y Educación, 4(7), 145-157. https://revistas.udem.edu.co/index.php/Ciencias_Sociales/article/view/1568

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