Biopolitics and utopia: an interdisciplinary reader

by Byers, Andrew Stapleton, Patricia

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Title Statements

Full title :Biopolitics and utopia : an interdisciplinary reader / edited by Patricia Stapleton and Andrew Byers.

Summary

"Biopolitics and Utopia explores the intersection of biopolitics and utopian thought. As an interdisciplinary work, it addresses many salient biopolitical issues (state and medical interventions in the body, fears over scientific progress, resistance to state biopower, and ethical concerns), while also engaging in the utopian drive behind biopolitical efforts. The book is structured into four main sections: Actions, Speculations, Reactions, and Reflections. The chapters in Actions examine the practices of direct, medical intervention to 'normalize' citizens' bodies. The next section, Speculations, approaches the intersection of utopia and biopolitics through a literary lens, reviewing science fiction texts as expressions of cultural and social fears about scientific progress. Reactions outlines potential acts of resistance in the face of biopower. Finally, Reflections offers a more philosophical essay, which engages the reader in the potential for creating an ethics for scientific standards "--

"This reader offers a fascinating exploration of the intersection of biopolitics and utopia by employing a range of theoretical approaches. Each essay provides a unique application of the two concepts to topics spanning the social sciences and humanities"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:vi, 210 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781137514745, 1137514744
oclc:ocn898924658
LC Classification:JA80
Dewey Decimal:321/.07

1. Introduction / Andrew Byers and Patricia Stapleton -- American Bodies in a Time of War: The Militarized Body as a Utopian Space and Biopolitical Project for the State / Andrew Byers -- ''Abnormals' or 'Exceptions': The Use of Technologies for Intersex People and People with Disabilities / Evie Kendal -- Decolonizing the Future: Biopolitics, Ethics, and Foresight through the Lens of Science Fiction / Selena Middleton -- ''All Day, All Week, Occupy Wall Street!': Space, Biopower, and Resistance /Elena L. Cohen -- Eating for the Future: Veganism and the Challenge of In vitro Meat / Rasmus R. Simonsen -- 'Utopia and Biopolitics: The Need for an Ethics in Biotechnology / Cameron Barrows.

Subjects

Biopolitics Biopolitik Biopolitique Biotechnologie -- Aspect moral Biotechnology -- ethics Biotechnology -- Moral and ethical aspe… Biotechnology in literature Culture culture note Interdisziplinäre Forschung PHILOSOPHY -- Political POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologi… POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy Politics Politics, Practical Politique SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology Social Science -- Gender Studies Utopian fiction utopian literature