Vol. 25 No. 43 (2025): The biosocial
Introduktionsartikler

Introduction: The Biosocial as Direction and Aspiratio

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  • Jens Seeberg,
  • Janne Flora,
  • Eimear Mc Loughlin
Forsiden med overskriften: Det Biosociale. Forestiller en rød og blå fugl med spredte vinger, malet i akvarel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7146/tfss.v25i43.160829

Published 2025-12-08

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Seeberg, J., Flora, J., & Mc Loughlin, E. (2025). Introduction: The Biosocial as Direction and Aspiratio. Tidsskrift for Forskning I Sygdom Og Samfund - Journal of Research in Sickness and Society, 25(43), 5–10. https://doi.org/10.7146/tfss.v25i43.160829

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Abstract

This introduction outlines the conceptual and analytical scope of the biosocial as an emerging field that challenges the traditional dichotomy between the biological and the social. It situates the biosocial in relation to adjacent concepts such as biopolitics, biosociality, and the biopsychosocial approach, and discusses how the five contributions to this special issue each engage, in distinct ways, with the entanglement of life, matter, and social practice. The text highlights how these articles collectively move toward understanding life as relational and co-constituted across species, bodies, and institutions.

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