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 form of transportation in which a persons upper body is horizontal to the ground. He/She/It then walks along while hands drag along th..
1. The new w00t. Get with the trend stuff you idiot! <Moozh> W09T the file is uploading! See w09t, w00t, woot, w0ot, wo0t..
1. Keep it quiet. "I think Bill's Mom is a hottie, but keep it on the hush-hush. I don't want him to think im wierd...