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Jean Bodin and Biopolitics Before the Biopolitical Era

Samuel Lindholm

This book offers fresh perspectives on the history of biopolitics and the connection between this and the technology of sovereign power, which disregards or eliminates life.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: Dec 18th, 2024
  • Pages: 162
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 0.38in - 0.56lb
  • EAN: 9781032490335
  • Categories: History & Theory - General

About the Author

Samuel Lindholm is a political scientist working as a postdoctoral grant researcher at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Currently, he focuses on investigating the biopolitical elements in early modern political thought and formulating clearer demarcations for the concepts of biopolitics, sovereign power, and governmentality.

Praise for this book

"Jean Bodin and Biopolitics Before the Biopolitical Era is a highly readable and impressive work of scholarly erudition that presents the reader with an original and compelling interpretation of the history of biopolitics and sovereignty. I would recommend it to anyone interested in biopolitics and the history of political thought."

Professor Mika Ojakangas, University of Jyväskylä, Finland