Biopolitics : the political potential of the life sciences / Alexander V. Oleskin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oleskin, A. V. (Aleksandr Vladimirovich)

Contributor:

Oleskin, A. V. (Aleksandr Vladimirovich)

Series:

Ethical issues in the 21st century

Global political studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biopolitics.

Human behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The malaise of todays Cultural Studies is perhaps best summarised by Picasso (paraphrased) success can lead to copying from oneself, and copying from oneself, and that is worse than copying from others. This book is both a response and an independent configuration of the dominant, current trend: that is cultural studies known as the Birmingham/U.S. School (B/USS). Contemporary Cultural Studies leapfrogs the Birmingham/U.S. School of future self-clarification. The fundamental conceptual, mythological and philosophical problematics have been worked over the last 40-plus years in the United States in advance of the current self-clarificaion exercises. Surprisingly, the genesis of U.S. Contemporary Cultural Studies is in Continental philosophy, not unlike the genesis of the Birmingham/U.S. School. This book discusses some procedural questions and practical features relevant to theory and research practice in social science and humanities from the standpoint of phenomenology.

Contents:

Biopolitics: subject matter, history, and main subfields

Biobehavioral (ethological) subfield of biopolitics

Organizational subfield of biopolitics

Physiological subfield of biopolitics

Environmental (ecological) subfield of biopolitics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-224) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62081-116-2

OCLC:

852849385