Biopower, Life Itself and Reproductive Biotechnologies. The Concept of Life and the Genomization of Society
Biopower, Life Itself and Reproductive Biotechnologies. The Concept of Life and the Genomization of Society

Author(s): Eva Šlesingerová
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology, Sociobiology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Biopower; Reproductive Biotechnologies; Life; Genomization;
Summary/Abstract: In the following chapter, the conceptual tools and analytical framework mentioned in the previous text – mainly biopolitics/ biopower and the idea of life itself – will be reflected. Our analysis of Czech reproductive medicine presupposes a more extensive understanding of the social forces and forms of power (governmentality) which are defining, governing, and naming human embodiment in society and politics. Therefore, the concepts will be analysed in connection with social processes, such as the post/genomization of society and broader biosocial changes in our biosocial societies.

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