Squaring the curve: The anatomo-politics of ageing, life and death

Body and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 21-47

  Moreira, Tiago ^a   Palladino, Paolo ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Life itself'; Ageing; Anatomo politics; Bichat; Death; Deleuze; Foucault; Life; Weismann

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349090246     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X08093571     Document Type: Article

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