biopolitics
The interdisciplinary studies relating biology and political scienceThe interdisciplinary studies relating biology and political science.
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable)The interdisciplinary studies relating biology and political science.
(uncountable)Politics (style of government) that regulates populations through biopower.
(uncountable)Anticapitalist insurrection using life and the body as weapons.
(uncountable)The political application of bioethics.
(uncountable)A political spectrum that reflects positions towards the sociopolitical consequences of biotechnology.
Biopolitik
Translations
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Origin
From bio- + politics. Sense 2 was developed by Michel Foucault in The History of SexualityFrom bio- + politics. Sense 2 was developed by Michel Foucault in The History of Sexuality (1976), sense 3 by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri in Empire (2000).
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