Biopolitics

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 Concepts Of Biopolitics, It Provides Challenging And Provocative Insights And Argues For A Ground-breaking Reorientation Of The Field. -- From Back Cover. A New Regime Of Power : Foucault -- Biopolitics As Thanatopolitics : Agamben -- Totalitarianism And The Political Animal : Arendt -- Affirmative Biopolitics : Negri And Esposito -- Politics : Sovereignty, Violence, Rights -- Life : Biology, Technology, Reproduction -- Subjectivity : Persons, Race, Gender. Catherine Mills. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Cover"--"Half Title"--"Title Page" -- "Copyright Page" -- "Table of Contents" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Introduction" -- "Structure" -- "References" -- "Part 1" -- "Chapter 1 A new regime of power: Foucault" -- "Right of death and power over life" -- "Knowledge of life: The birth of modern biology " -- "Genealogies of power: Sovereignty, biopower, governmentality " -- "Subjectivity and freedom: Bios as a work of art " -- "Conclusion " -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Chapter 2 Biopolitics as thanatopolitics: Agamben" -- "Sovereignty and sacredness: The twin evils of biopolitics " -- "The living and/or the dead: Bare life " -- "Sacredness versus beatitude -- or bare life and form-of-life" -- "Toward an ethics beyond guilt " -- "Conclusion " -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Chapter 3 Totalitarianism and the political animal: Arendt" -- "The origins of totalitarianism " -- "Politics as action: The Human Condition " -- "Arendt and biopolitics" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Chapter 4 Affirmative biopolitics: Negri and Esposito" -- "The power of the multitude" -- "The immunization paradigm" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Part 2" -- "Chapter 5 Politics: Sovereignty, violence, rights" -- "Sovereignty and government " -- "Violence " -- "Rights" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Chapter 6 Life: Biology, technology, reproduction" -- "Biology" -- "Technology" -- "Reproduction" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Chapter 7 Subjectivity: Persons, race, gender" -- "Persons and humans" -- "Race " -- "Sex/Gender" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "References" -- "Concluding remarks" -- "References Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 8 Structure 14 References 16 Part 1 18 Chapter 1 A new regime of power: Foucault 20 Right of death and power over life 21 Knowledge of life: The birth of modern biology 27 Genealogies of power: Sovereignty, biopower, governmentality 30 Subjectivity and freedom: Bios as a work of art 34 Conclusion 40 Notes 40 References 41 Chapter 2 Biopolitics as thanatopolitics: Agamben 44 Sovereignty and sacredness: The twin evils of biopolitics 45 The living and/or the dead: Bare life 52 Sacredness versus beatitude; or bare life and form-of-life 56 Toward an ethics beyond guilt 58 Conclusion 62 Notes 63 References 63 Chapter 3 Totalitarianism and the political animal: Arendt 65 The origins of totalitarianism 66 Politics as action: The Human Condition 74 Arendt and biopolitics 80 Conclusion 85 Notes 85 References 86 Chapter 4 Affirmative biopolitics: Negri and Esposito 88 The power of the multitude 89 The immunization paradigm 96 Conclusion 112 Notes 112 References 113 Part 2 116 Chapter 5 Politics: Sovereignty, violence, rights 118 Sovereignty and government 119 Violence 129 Rights 134 Conclusion 137 Notes 138 References 138 Chapter 6 Life: Biology, technology, reproduction 141 Biology 142 Technology 150 Reproduction 154 Conclusion 161 Notes 161 References 162 Chapter 7 Subjectivity: Persons, race, gender 165 Persons and humans 166 Race 173 Sex/Gender 177 Conclusion 182 Notes 183 References 184 Concluding remarks 186 References 189 Index 190 "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."--Provided by publisher