Biopower

What is Biopower?


1.

A term originally coined by French philosopher Michel Foucault to refer to the practice of modern states and their regulation of their subjects through "an explosion of numerous and diverse techniques for achieving the subjugations of bodies and the control of populations".

Regulation of customs, habits, health, reproductive practices, family, "blood", and "well-being" would be straightforward examples of biopower, as would any conception of the state as a "body" and the use of state power as essential to its "life".

See michel, foucault, sexuality, technology


66

Random Words:

1. A nickname for the game "PunchBowl" The game has 6 basic rules: 1. Bounce bottle caps into a large bowl 2. Surround bowl wi..
1. yesser is a word used by the manx (people on the isle of man) it means yes yessir im fine! or im fine yesser farmers use this allot Se..
1. Acronym for (W)omen (O)utside (M)y (P)references. Let's scram scholar, all the girls in here are W.O.M.P. See Draper..