From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia.
The term "Biopolitics"
or "Biopolitical" can refer
to several things:
- An axis on the
political spectrum that
reflects positions towards
reproductive technology and
genetic engineering.
-
Political
advocacy in support of, or
in opposition to, reproductive
technology and genetic
engineering.
-
Public policies regarding
reproductive technology and
genetic engineering.
- Political advocacy concerned
with the
welfare of all forms of
life.
- The application and impact
of
political power on all
aspects of
life.
- In the work of
Michel Foucault, the style
of
government that regulates
populations.
- As a field of the academic
discipline of
political science,
biopolitics is also known as
politics and the life sciences.
The
Association for Politics and the
Life Sciences was formed in
1981 and exists to study the field
of biopolitics.
Northern Illinois University
offers undergraduate and graduate
courses in the Department of
Political Science in the field
of Politics and the Life Sciences.
See also
