Penser le corps-marchandise avec Alfred Sohn-Rethel

This article analyzes the commodification of the human body with the help of Alfred Sohn-Rethel’s work, which clarifies two distinct processes. On the one hand, it shows that monetization is only possible by reducing reality to a quantity. On the other hand, it shows the extent to which the legitimi...

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Main Author: Fabrice Colomb
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Language:deu
Published: Presses universitaires de Strasbourg 2020-07-01
Series:Recherches Germaniques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rg/3568
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description This article analyzes the commodification of the human body with the help of Alfred Sohn-Rethel’s work, which clarifies two distinct processes. On the one hand, it shows that monetization is only possible by reducing reality to a quantity. On the other hand, it shows the extent to which the legitimization of this operation is contained in the same monetization. This article further addresses the case of biobanks and the blood industry in France, which illustrate the commodification of an originally non-capitalist reality. It also clarifies the way in which this process can be legitimized, starting with the rhetorical disinhibition of the relationship between money and bodies.
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Penser le corps-marchandise avec Alfred Sohn-Rethel
Recherches Germaniques
Sohn-Rethel
commodification
bodies
biobanks
biomedical politics
title Penser le corps-marchandise avec Alfred Sohn-Rethel
title_full Penser le corps-marchandise avec Alfred Sohn-Rethel
title_fullStr Penser le corps-marchandise avec Alfred Sohn-Rethel
title_full_unstemmed Penser le corps-marchandise avec Alfred Sohn-Rethel
title_short Penser le corps-marchandise avec Alfred Sohn-Rethel
title_sort penser le corps marchandise avec alfred sohn rethel
topic Sohn-Rethel
commodification
bodies
biobanks
biomedical politics
url https://journals.openedition.org/rg/3568
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