Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)

Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life synthesizes and extends the disparate strands of scholarship on Foucault's notions of governmentality and biopower and grounds them in familiar social contexts including the private realm, the market, and the state/military. Topics include public health, genomics, behavioral genetics, neoliberal market logics and technologies, philanthropy, and the war on terror. This book is designed for readers interested in a rigorous, comprehensive introduction to the wide array of interdisciplinary work focusing on Foucault, biopower and governmentality. However, Nadesan does not merely reproduce existing literatures but also responds to implicit critiques made by Cultural Studies and Marxist scholarship concerning identity politics, political economy, and sovereign force and disciplinary control. Using concrete examples and detailed illustrations throughout, this book extends the extant literature on governmentality and biopower and helps shape our understanding of everyday life under neoliberalism. Humanities Book Cover 1 Title 6 Copyright 7 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 1 Introduction 12 2 Liberal Governmentalities 26 3 Governing the Self-Regulating Market 56 4 Governing Population: Biopower, Risk, and the Politics of Health 104 5 Governing Population: Mind and Brain as Governmental Spaces 149 6 Biopower, Sovereignty, and America’s Global Security 194 7 “Bad Subjects” and Liberal Governmentalities 222 Notes 228 References 230 Index 256 'Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life' synthesizes and extends the disparate strands of scholarship on Foucault's notions of governmentality and biopower and grounds them in the context of familiar social contexts of inquiry including the family, workplace, and the military Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life synthesizes and extends the disparate strands of scholarship on Foucault's notions of governmentality and biopower and grounds them in familiar social contexts including the family, the workplace, and the military Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life synthesizes and extends the disparate strands of scholarship on Foucault's notions of governmentality and biopower and grounds them in the context of familiar social contexts of inquiry including the f Majia Holmer Nadesan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [219]-244) And Index.