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- noun The style of
government that regulatespopulations throughbiopower . - noun
Anticapitalist insurrection usinglife and thebody asweapons . - noun The
political application ofbioethics . - noun A political
spectrum that reflects positions towards thesociopolitical consequences ofbiotechnology .
Etymologies
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Volha Piotukh points to possibly the first usage of the word biopolitics in a short essay by G.W. Harris in 1911.
Foucault blog 2009
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Is not this dream the first radical formulation of what, today, one usually calls biopolitics?
I cite 2009
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It's not clear to me, though, what (if anything) specifically underlies the notion of biopolitics mentioned here.
I cite 2009
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She tailors her studies to promote her objective, creating a new major called biopolitics that addresses the influence of politics on medical research.
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She tailors her studies to promote her objective, creating a new major called biopolitics that addresses the influence of politics on medical research.
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In his introduction to the edited volume of Robespierre's writings, Zizek presents the radical stance of Lenin and Lacan (a stance that does not search for cover for the revolutionary act in the big Other) as the only possibility that allows us to break with today's predominant mode of politics, post-political biopolitics, which is a politics of fear, formulated as a defense against a potential victimization or harassment.
I cite 2009
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This is a man who invited Negri to Caracas, speaks of "biopolitics", claims the tradition of Foucault and who has developed unusual post-modern theories.
Jakarta IMC Newswire 2009
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This is a man who invited Negri to Caracas, speaks of "biopolitics", claims the tradition of Foucault and who has developed unusual post-modern theories.
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This is a man who invited Negri to Caracas, speaks of "biopolitics", claims the tradition of Foucault and who has developed unusual post-modern theories.
Worcester Indymedia 2009
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"[...] 'post-political' is a politics which claims to leave behind old ideological struggles and instead focus on expert management and administration, while 'biopolitics' designates the regulation of the security and welfare of human lives as its primary goal."
I cite 2009
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