biopower
Bio-Macht
The sum of the various techniques used by modern nation-states to control not…The sum of the various techniques used by modern nation-states to control not individual subjects but their entire populations, as contrasted with traditional modes of power based on the threat of death from a sovereign.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The sum of the various techniques used by modern nation-states to control not individual subjects but their entire populations, as contrasted with traditional modes of power based on the threat of death from a sovereign.
Bio-Macht
(uncountable)Bioenergy.
Translations
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political technology:
Origin
From bio- + power, calque of French biopouvoir, coined by Michel Foucault.From bio- + power, calque of French biopouvoir, coined by Michel Foucault.
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable