Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life synthesizes and extends the disparate strands of scholarship on Foucault's notions of governmentality and biopower and grounds them in familiar social contexts including the private realm, the market, and the state/military. Topics include public health, genomics, behavioral genetics, neoliberal market logics and technologies, philanthropy, and the war on terror.
This book is designed for readers interested in a rigorous, comprehensive introduction to the wide array of interdisciplinary work focusing on Foucault, biopower and governmentality. However, Nadesan does not merely reproduce existing literatures but also responds to implicit critiques made by Cultural Studies and Marxist scholarship concerning identity politics, political economy, and sovereign force and disciplinary control. Using concrete examples and detailed illustrations throughout, this book extends the extant literature on governmentality and biopower and helps shape our understanding of everyday life under neoliberalism.
| ISBN: | 9780415897969 |
| Publication date: | 9th August 2011 |
| Author: | Majia Holmer Nadesan |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
| Genres: |
Cultural studies Social classes Social theory Regional / International studies History |
Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life synthesizes and extends the disparate strands of scholarship on Foucault's notions of governmentality and biopower and grounds them in familiar social contexts including the private realm, the market, and the state/military. Topics include public health, genomics, behavioral genetics, neoliberal market logics and technologies, philanthropy, and the war on terror.
This book is designed for readers interested in a rigorous, comprehensive introduction to the wide array of interdisciplinary work focusing on Foucault, biopower and governmentality. However, Nadesan does not merely reproduce existing literatures but also responds to implicit critiques made by Cultural Studies and Marxist scholarship concerning identity politics, political economy, and sovereign force and disciplinary control. Using concrete examples and detailed illustrations throughout, this book extends the extant literature on governmentality and biopower and helps shape our understanding of everyday life under neoliberalism.
Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life features in the following genres: Cultural studies, Social classes, Social theory, Regional / International studies, History
Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life was written by Majia Holmer Nadesan and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life has 248 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought series
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