Thomas Lemke: 6 books

Book cover of Biopolitics

Biopolitics

An Advanced Introduction

by Thomas Lemke, Monica J. Casper, Lisa Jean Moore
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011

The biological features of human beings are now measured, observed, and understood in ways never before thought possible, defining norms, establishing standards, and determining average values of human life. While the notion of “biopolitics” has been linked to everything from rational decision-making...
Book cover of Foucault's Analysis of Modern Governmentality

Foucault's Analysis of Modern Governmentality

A Critique of Political Reason

by Thomas Lemke
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019

Tracking the development of Foucault's key concepts Lemke offers the most comprehensive and systematic account of Michel Foucault's work on power and government from 1970 until his death in 1984. He convincingly argues, using material that has only partly been translated into English, that...
Book cover of Perspectives on Genetic Discrimination
by Thomas Lemke
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013

Over the past 15 years, a series of empirical studies in different countries have shown that our increasing genetic knowledge leads to new forms of exclusion, disadvantaging and stigmatization. The spectrum of this "genetic discrimination" ranges from disadvantages at work, via problems...
Book cover of Foucault, Governmentality, and Critique
by Thomas Lemke
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015

Michel Foucault is one of the most cited authors in social science. This book discusses one of his most influential concepts: governmentality. Reconstructing its emergence in Foucault's analytics of power, the book explores the theoretical strengths the concept of governmentality offers for political...
Book cover of Suspect Families

Suspect Families

DNA Analysis, Family Reunification and Immigration Policies

by Torsten Heinemann, Ilpo Helén, Thomas Lemke
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016

Suspect Families is the first book to investigate the social, political, and ethical implications of parental testing for family reunification in immigration cases. Drawing on policy documents, legal frameworks, case study material and interviews with representatives of governmental and non-governmental...
Book cover of Biopolitik zur Einführung
by Thomas Lemke
Language: German
Release Date: June 29, 2016

Der Begriff der Biopolitik ist in aller Munde. Das Spektrum seiner Verwendungsweisen reicht von der Asyl-Politik über die AIDS-Prävention bis hin zur Bekämpfung des Bevölkerungswachstums. Er bezeichnet die Unterstützung landwirtschaftlicher Produkte ebenso wie die Förderung medizinischer Forschung,...
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