Biopower at the molar level: Liberal government and the invigoration of Danish society

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-223

  Frandsen, Martin ^a   Triantafillou, Peter ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

biopower; geneticization; governmentality; individualization; normalizing knowledge; population

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960948305     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2011.2     Document Type: Article

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