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biopower: a standalone construct

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Cultural anthropology

forms of power that take human life itself, at the level of individuals and populations, as their object of knowledge and intervention.

In cultural anthropology, biopower refers to forms of power that take human life itself, at the level of individuals and populations, as their object of knowledge and intervention. This meaning comes from Rabinow (2006) in BioSocieties.[1]

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knowledge6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs level1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct object4 fields · 8 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Rabinow, P., & Rose, N. (2006). Biopower Today. BioSocieties, 1(2), 195-217. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1745855206040014

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