The Biopolitics of Development: Reading Michel Foucault in the Postcolonial Present

by Sandro Mezzadra

Book Overview

This book offers an original analysis and theorization of the biopolitics of development in the postcolonial present, and draws significantly from the later works of Michel Foucault on biopolitics. Foucault's works have had a massive influence on postcolonial literatures, particularly in political science and international relations, and several authors of this book have themselves made significant contributions to that influence.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 813222907X
• ISBN13: 9788132229070
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"