How the media biopoliticized neoliberalism: or, Foucault meets Marx
This paper seeks to do two things. First, at a theoretical/exegetical level, it demonstrates important affinities between Foucault and Marx(ism): I contend that an opposition between them is misplaced, and their work can be fruitfully combined. Support for this position can be found in Foucault’s wr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pontíficia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Galáxia |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/galaxia/article/view/4715 |
| Summary: | This paper seeks to do two things. First, at a theoretical/exegetical level, it demonstrates important affinities between Foucault and Marx(ism): I contend that an opposition between them is misplaced, and their work can be fruitfully combined. Support for this position can be found in Foucault’s writings on biopower. Second, at an applied level, I draw on biopower to understand the role of the media in the creation of neoliberalism, and their reciprocal relationship. |
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| ISSN: | 1519-311X 1982-2553 |