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The concept of biopolitics has been one of the most important and widely used in recent years in disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. In Biopolitics, Mills provides a wide-ranging and insightful introduction to the field of biopolitical studies. The first part of the book provides...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
The concept of biopolitics has been one of the most important and widely used in recent years in disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. In Biopolitics, Mills provides a wide-ranging and insightful introduction to the field of biopolitical studies. The first part of the book provides a much-needed philosophical introduction to key theoretical approaches to the concept in contemporary usage. This includes discussions of the work of Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, Roberto Esposito, and Antonio Negri. In the second part of the book, Mills discusses various topics |
| Carrier Form: | 185 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781844656042 1844656047 9781844656059 1844656055 |
| Index Number: | JA80 |
| CLC: | D0-02 |
| Call Number: | D0-02/M657 |
| Contents: | A new regime of power : Foucault -- Biopolitics as thanatopolitics : Agamben -- Totalitarianism and the political animal : Arendt -- Affirmative biopolitics : Negri and Esposito -- Politics : sovereignty, violence, rights -- Life : biology, technology, reproduction -- Subjectivity : persons, race, gender. |