Biopolitics: an advanced introduction
The biological features of human beings are now measured, observed, and understood in ways never before thought possible, defining norms, establishing standards, and determining average values of human life. While the notion of "bio-politics" has been linked to everything from rational decision-making and the democratic organization of social life to eugenics and racism, the author offers the very first systematic overview of the history of the notion of bio-politics, exploring its relevance in…
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- Full title :Biopolitics : an advanced introduction / Thomas Lemke ; transl. [from the German] by Eric Frederick Trump.
Summary
The biological features of human beings are now measured, observed, and understood in ways never before thought possible, defining norms, establishing standards, and determining average values of human life. While the notion of "bio-politics" has been linked to everything from rational decision-making and the democratic organization of social life to eugenics and racism, the author offers the very first systematic overview of the history of the notion of bio-politics, exploring its relevance in contemporary theoretical debates and providing a much needed primer on the topic. The author explains that life has become an independent, objective and measurable factor as well as a collective reality that can be separated from concrete living beings and the singularity of individual experience. He shows how our understanding of the processes of life, the organizing of populations and the need to "govern" individuals and collectives lead to practices of correction, exclusion, normalization, and disciplining. In this lucidly written book, Lemke outlines the stakes and the debates surrounding bio-politics, providing a systematic overview of the history of the notion and making clear its relevance for sociological and contemporary theoretical debates.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):New York University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 145 p. ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780814752418, 0814752411, 9780814752425, 081475242X, 9780814752999, 0814752993
- oclc:ocn755900255
- LC Classification:JA80
- Dewey Decimal:320.01
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note:1. Life as the Basis of Politics -- 2. Life as an Object of Politics -- 3. The Government of Living Beings: Michel Foucault -- 4. Sovereign Power and Bare Life: Giorgio Agamben -- 5. Capitalism and the Living Multitude: Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri -- 6. The Disappearance and Transformation of Politics -- 7. The End and Reinvention of Nature -- 8. Vital Politics and Bioeconomy -- 9. Prospect: An Analytics of Biopolitics.
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