Bio-Power, Agamben, and emerging nursing knowledge

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-12

  Georges, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agamben; Bio power; Critical feminist; Epistemology; Foucault nursing; Philosophy of science

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; KNOWLEDGE; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649988050     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ANS.0000311525.50693.9c     Document Type: Article

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