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Mills Catherine - Biopolitics - Paperback
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Description: 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 across the categories of politics life and subjectivity. These include questions of sovereignty and governmentality violence rights technology reproduction race and sexual difference. This book will be an indispensable guide for those wishing to gain an understanding of the central theories and issues in biopolitical studies. For those already working with the concept of biopolitics it provides challenging and provocative insights and argues for a ground - breaking reorientation of the field.
Title: Biopolitics
Author(s): Mills Catherine
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781844656059
Pages: 186 Pages
Publication Date: 10/9/2017
Category: Political Science & Theory
Description: 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 across the categories of politics life and subjectivity. These include questions of sovereignty and governmentality violence rights technology reproduction race and sexual difference. This book will be an indispensable guide for those wishing to gain an understanding of the central theories and issues in biopolitical studies. For those already working with the concept of biopolitics it provides challenging and provocative insights and argues for a ground - breaking reorientation of the field.
Title: Biopolitics
Author(s): Mills Catherine
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781844656059
Pages: 186 Pages
Publication Date: 10/9/2017
Category: Political Science & Theory
