Paige Allen, What is Biopower & Biopolitics? Perlego Study Guides, 2023 Definitions and origins: types of power Biopower and biopolitics, terms associated with Michel Foucault, describe the political regulation of life processes. Foucault writes in The History of Sexuality, Volume 1 (1976, [1990]) that biopower employs “numerous and diverse techniques for achieving the subjugation of bodies and …
Paige Allen, What is Necropolitics?, Perlego Study Guides, 2023 Necropolitics: origins and definitions Necropolitics describes a form of political power that functions by bringing about the social and literal deaths of individuals and populations through direct action or deadly neglect. According to Michel Foucault, the essential engine of power is the right to life and …
Foucault’s Theory of Power & Knowledge: An Introduction, Perlego, online subscription library of e-books What is Foucault’s Theory of Power and Knowledge? Michel Foucault (1926-89) was a French philosopher and sociologist notable for his works Madness and Civilization (1961), Discipline and Punish (1975) and The History of Sexuality (1976). A persistent theme in Foucault’s work …
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