Biopolitics as technology of power

Authors

  • Leon Farhi Neto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2008v5n1p47

Abstract

Foucault’s books, articles and interviews which formulate the bio politics notion are concentrated between 1974 and 1979. This limitation to only few years, though, does not prevent us from demarcating five formularizations, if not totally, at least partially, different. Each one of them corresponds to a distinct mechanism of power: the medical power, the mechanism of race, the mechanism of sexuality, the mechanism of security and the neoliberal govern mentality. In this article, we aim at explicating the differences and the identities among these five senses of bio 'politics'. Key-words: Government; Population; Life; Foucault

Author Biography

Leon Farhi Neto

Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Realiza no momento pesquisa sobre a espiritualidade política como alternativa à biopolítica, buscando relacionar Foucault e Spinoza.

Mais informações: Currículo Lattes - CNPq.

Published

2008-08-15

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