Biopolitics for Beginners: Knowledge of Life and Government of People

Michel Foucault argued that biopolitics can only be understood in the context of modern forms of governing society. This book explores the role of the family structure in biopolitics, explaining how it is a place of government of life and a means to extend biopower to society. It analyzes the works of key figures in the debate on biopolitics in relation to the current ecological crisis, addressing fundamental problems of modern and contemporary political thought.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 190 pages
\n Publication date: 28 December 2020
\n Publisher: Mimesis International
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Michel Foucault argued that the concept of biopolitics can only be fully comprehended when viewed within the framework of contemporary modes of governing society. From this vantage point, the emergence of modern medical knowledge, the reorganization of the hospital as a health institution, the increasing focus on birth and population-related issues, and the rise of biological racism can be attributed to the influence of economic rationality on the most influential political strategies. In this book, Marzocca delves deeper into the significant role that family structure has played throughout the history of biopolitics, elucidating how the family functions as both a governing authority
hub of life and a tool for extending various forms of biopower to society as a whole. By analyzing the works of key figures in the debate on biopolitics, such as Agamben, Negri, Esposito, Rose, Cooper, Lemke, among others, this volume offers a comprehensive examination of this notion, also in relation to the current ecological crisis, addressing fundamental problems of modern and contemporary political thought.

\n Weight: 572g\n
Dimension: 142 x 210 x 37 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9788869771781\n \n