Citation

Schlosser K. Geogr. Comp. 2008; 2(5): 1621-1634.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00163.x

PMID

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Abstract

This article reviews the debate on bio-politics in order to clarify its many uses and applications in geography. In doing so, I review how bio-politics is conceived by Foucault, Hardt and Negri, and Agamben, as well as how geographers have employed, added to, or disagreed with their insights. More specifically, I structure this review around how various analysts have understood the relationship between bio-political power and ‘traditional’ forms of sovereign power, and, relatedly, how a focus by geographers on micro-scales of analysis can help explore this relationship.