Theme:
"We tend to think of political theory and biological science as hermetically separate realms. Vanessa draws on the work of the French philosopher and social theorist Michel Foucault to challenge this view, especially as it pertains to the nature and exercise of power. She argues that, late in his career, Foucault achieved a marriage between the biological and political sciences to reveal a new conception of power that he termed “biopolitics”. On this view power is more than just the ability to compel or restrain others: it makes us be someone we would not otherwise have been."
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