biopolitics

== English == === Etymology === From bio- +‎ politics. Sense 2 was developed by Michel Foucault in The History of Sexuality (1976), sense 3 by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri in Empire (2000). === Noun === biopolitics (uncountable) The interdisciplinary studies relating biology and political science. Politics (style of government) that regulates populations through biopower. Anticapitalist insurrection using life and the body as weapons. The political application of bioethics. A political spectrum that reflects positions towards the sociopolitical consequences of biotechnology. ==== Coordinate terms ==== psychopolitics ==== Related terms ==== biopolitical biopolitician ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === biopolitics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia