Foucault et les transformations du biopouvoir
- Submitting institution
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University of Cambridge
- Unit of assessment
- 21 - Sociology
- Output identifier
- 4143
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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- Book title
- Histoire des Sciences et des Savoirs
- Publisher
- Seuil
- ISBN
- 9782021076783
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- Yes
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- Beginning with a discussion of the origins of Foucault's concept of biopower, this chapter moves on to consider its legacy as an evolving analytical device in the context of what has come to be known as the biosociety, and concludes with some speculations about its future uses as a conceptual tool. By using a series of examples developed by scholars employing the biopower concept since the 1970s, this chapter argues it may become increasingly important to the analysis of twenty-first century politics.