Enlightenment Biopolitics: a history of race, eugenics, and the making of citizens

Intellectual History Review 35 (4):863-865 (2025)
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In his classic account, Michel Foucault presented biopolitics as the powers and controls associated with the management and regulation of populations. According to Foucault, these were made possibl...

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