Since the inception of the state as the institution that limits the room of manoeuvre for human action, the individual body has been the target of specific sets of intervention aimed at controlling what is and what is not allowed. In the contemporary age the range of governmental intervention in the sphere within which the individual is supposed to be granted a relative sovereignty has grown exponentially. Both legal and extra-normative forms of control undermine the property of one’s own body that the classical liberal tradition intended to grant, at least partially, to individuals. The present contribution aims at exploring the philosophical, political and legal frameworks that authorizes and executes the current forms of restrictions of individual freedom.
• Why the Body Matters. Sovereignty, Control, and Individual Freedom
Giovanni Leghissa
2026-01-01
Abstract
Since the inception of the state as the institution that limits the room of manoeuvre for human action, the individual body has been the target of specific sets of intervention aimed at controlling what is and what is not allowed. In the contemporary age the range of governmental intervention in the sphere within which the individual is supposed to be granted a relative sovereignty has grown exponentially. Both legal and extra-normative forms of control undermine the property of one’s own body that the classical liberal tradition intended to grant, at least partially, to individuals. The present contribution aims at exploring the philosophical, political and legal frameworks that authorizes and executes the current forms of restrictions of individual freedom.
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