Thomas Lemke, Biopolitics and Beyond: Vibrant Matter and the Political Economy of Life Published on Jul 1, 2013 CELAB presents a public lecture by Professor Thomas Lemke, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main in Germany. With opening remarks by Professor Judit Sandor, Director of CELAB. With thanks to Dirk Felleman for this link
Joachim Radkau, Nature and power: An intimate and ambiguous connection (2013) Social Science History, 37 (3), pp. 325-345. https://doi.org/10.1215/01455532-2209402 Abstract Nature and Power is to be understood not only as human power against nature but also as power by nature in the sense of Michel Foucault’s biopouvoir (biopower) or Francis Bacon’s “Naturae non imperator nisi …
Timothy Campbell, Adam Sitze (eds.), Biopolitics: A Reader, Duke University Press, 2013 Description This anthology collects the texts that defined the concept of biopolitics, which has become so significant throughout the humanities and social sciences today. The far-reaching influence of the biopolitical—the relation of politics to life, or the state to the body—is not surprising …
Colin Koopman, From Biopower to Infopower?: A Genealogy of One Aspect of Contemporary Politics Text on youtube Colin Koopman, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon, spoke at Oregon State University on December 3rd, 2013. A wide number of contemporary political assemblages from mass surveillance to finance capitalism to big data suggest …
Biopolitique, Gouvernementalité, Dispositifs (de sécurité). Concepts pour l’étude de l’International? Conférence internationale Biopolitics, Governmentality, (security) Dispositifs. Concepts for the Study of the International? International Conference PDF of program in English PDF en français Website Co-organisée par l’Association pour le Centre Michel Foucault, le Centre d’études et de recherches internationales Avec le soutien de l’IRI/PUC-Rio (Brasil),le …
Les néolibéralismes de Michel Foucault, Raisons politiques, N° 52, 2013/4, 172 pages. Special Issue https://shs.cairn.info/revue-raisons-politiques-2013-4 Présentation En 1979, Michel Foucault prononce un cours au Collège de France intitulé “Naissance de la biopolitique”. Cet ensemble de leçons propose un examen du néolibéralisme allemand (Ordolibéralisme) et américain (École de Chicago). Foucault, dans ce cadre, propose des constructions …
Natasha Saltes, ‘Abnormal’ Bodies on the Borders of Inclusion: Biopolitics and the Paradox of Disability Surveillance, Surveillance and Society, Vol 11, No 1/2 (2013) https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v11i1/2.4460 Abstract When conducted according to the biomedical definition of disability, ‘disability surveillance’ involves monitoring bodies against normative ontological standards, classifying ‘abnormality’ and problematizing ‘abnormal bodies’ as risky. While disability surveillance …
Verena Erlenbusch, The place of sovereignty: Mapping power with Agamben, Butler, and Foucault (2013) Critical Horizons, 14 (1), pp. 44-69. https://doi.org/10.1179/15685160X13A.0000000003 Abstract This article addresses the relationship between sovereignty, biopolitics and governmentality in the work of Giorgio Agamben, Judith Butler, and Michel Foucault. By unpacking Foucault’s genealogy of modern governmentality, it responds to a criticism …
Alessandra Renzi and Greg Elmer, The Biopolitics of Sacrifice: Securing Infrastructure at the G20 Summit (2013) Theory, Culture and Society, 30 (5), pp. 45-69. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276412474327 Abstract This article investigates infrastructure spending from a biopolitical perspective and rethinks its connections to emerging regimes of (in)securitization. Starting with a study of the organization and contestation of the …
Saran Ghatak & Andrew Stuart Abel, Power/Faith: Governmentality, Religion, and Post-Secular Societies (2013) International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, 26 (3), pp. 217-235. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10767-013-9141-z Abstract Foucault’s concept of governmentality, and its attending modalities of biopower and disciplinary technologies, provides a useful conceptual schema for the analysis of the role of religious and quasi-religious institutions …
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