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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2024 |
Registration ID | HLTHH320B001 |
Course Title | Biopolitics: The Governance of Life & Death |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Health Studies |
Instructor | Droney,Damien |
Times and Days | F 11:30am-01:55pm
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Room Location | UN114 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2640 Philosopher Michel Foucault described biopolitics as a kind of politics aimed at fostering life or disallowing it to the point of death. As such, this class considers the politics of life itself. After reading key texts in biopolitical theory, we will examine works by social scientists who analyze institutions and forms of expertise that take life as an object of knowledge or intervention in a variety of political and economic settings.; Pre-requisite(s): HLTH 115 or instructor consent; Lottery Preference: 1) declared health studies minors, 2) seniors; Enrollment Limit: 15.00 Social Science, B: Analysis of the Social World (; Hav: SO, B) |
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