Ashgate Research Companion to Biopolitics

The problematic of biopolitics has become increasingly important in the social sciences. Inaugurated by Michel Foucault’s genealogical research on the governance of sexuality, crime and mental illness in modern Europe, the research on biopolitics has developed into a broader interdisciplinary orientation, addressing the rationalities of power over living beings in diverse spatial and temporal contexts. --

Year

2016

Language

English

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Editions

1

Pages

352

ISBN

9781472449641

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