This book argues that the Russian thinker Petr Kropotkin’s anarchism
was a bio-political revolutionary project. It shows how Kropotkin drew
on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and Russian
bio-social-medical scientific thought to the extent that ideas about
health, sickness, insanity, degeneration, and hygiene were for him not
metaphors but rather key political concerns. It goes on to discuss how
for Kropotkin's bio-political anarchism, the state, capitalism, and
revolution were medical concerns whose effects on the individual and
society were measurable by social statistics and explainable by
bio-social-medical knowledge. Overall, the book provides a refreshing,
innovative approach to understanding Kropotkin’s anarchism.
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Disease, Degeneration, Health and the Bio-political Dimension
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780429773495
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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