SOC 656 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Michel Foucault, Biopower, Nationstates
2 Dec 2015
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How much of who your are today is attibutable to: Culture is the product of a society. Therefore, your body is a cultural product. Body would be different, look different, depending on the society you are a part of. Biopower: a state"s exercise of power through the physical control of its subjects (michel. Biopower (development of nationstates), = they created laws that restrained the body, made the body a "second nature", Ideas seem natural to us, but the ideas are second nature. Ex. school lunches (the government makes sure you have a nutritious meal, as a child you learn what a nutritious meal is through school lunches, government posts and passes laws through schools, institutions, etc) *laws limit and protect what the may be done to and by the body ie. human cloning, age of consent laws, abortion, The body is one that needs constant work to maintain health. Body is always in a state of decay.
