HLTH 334 Lecture 11: Week 11 - Readings
24 Nov 2017
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Hlth334 week 11 readings (lecture) neilson, b. (2012). Foucault: (cid:862)i(cid:374) (cid:449)hat se(cid:374)se does a life u(cid:374)fold? (cid:863), (cid:862)no(cid:449) it is o(cid:448)er life, throughout its unfolding, that power esta(cid:271)lishes its do(cid:373)i(cid:374)io(cid:374). (cid:863) Life as an object that can be added/subtracted (e. g. abortion, euthanasia, cloning) Absence of deep consideration of experience in biopolitical thought becomes clear when life is formed in relation to ageing. Ageing of populations/people = key concern in biopolitics. How do experiences of ageing interact with knowledge/governmental processes that position life as an object of power in contemporary capitalist societies: different kinds of experience susceptible to different kinds of interpretation or distortion. How do developments at macro and micro-levels impacts individual/collective lives exposes contradictions. Massive capital investment in molecular life vs. social disinvestment in forms of care/welfare that address well-being. Attempts within medicine to redefine aging as a disease vs. growing pressure for ageing subjects to perform self-care.
