Biopolitics
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CORE DEFINITION
The operation of modern power is no longer directly putting to death (the right to kill), but managing and regulating the life processes of the population (birth, death, health, hygiene) (the right to life).
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- Body management: fitness, physical examinations, medical aesthetics, on the surface are personal choices, but behind them is the "biopolitics" discipline of the body—requiring you to become a healthy, productive labor force.
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Biopolitics (Foucault) refers to modern power shifting from punishing individuals to regulating the life processes of the population (birth, health, lifespan, reproduction), operating through governance rather than repression.
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