Utilitarian Biopolitics: Bentham, Foucault and Modern Power

by Anne Brunon-Ernst

Overview

The works of Foucault and Bentham have been regularly examined in isolation, yet rarely has the relationship between them been discussed. This study traces the full breadth of that relationship within the fields of sexuality, criminology, ethics, economics and governance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848931695
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/01/2012
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I Biopolitics of Interests; introI Introduction: From Interest to Norms; Chapter 1 Biopolitical Pleasure; Chapter 2 Biopolitical Pain; Part II Utilitarian Conduct of Conduct; introII Introduction: Legal Norms, Extralegal Norms and Utilitarian Conduct; Chapter 3 Law, Norm and the Control of Conduct; Chapter 4 The Secret Monitoring Plan; Part III The Biopolitical Expert; introIII Introduction: The Moralist and the Economist; Chapter 5 Are there Biopolitical Ethics?; Chapter 6 Political Economy as the Republic of Interests; Chapter 7 Epilogue: (De)Constructing Biopolitics;