Utilitarian Biopolitics:
Bentham, Foucault and Modern Power
Anne Brunon-Ernst
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The works of Foucault and Bentham have been regularly examined in isolation and in reference to Panopticon; or The Inspection House (1791), yet rarely has the relationship between the two philosophers been explored further. This study traces the full breadth of that relationship within the fields of sexuality, criminology, ethics, economics and governance. By drawing on a range of new source material, Brunon-Ernst presents a convincing reassessment of Foucault’s concept of biopolitics and uncovers the neglected continuities between utilitarian thinking and Foucaultian theory. not only does this study challenge our assumptions of Foucault and his intellectual formation, it offers a fascinating insight into the connections between eighteenth and twentieth-century intellectual thought.
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Readership
Philosophy, Law and Economics
Contents
General Introduction
Part I: Biopolitics of Interests
Introduction: From Interest to Norms
1 Biopolitical Pleasure
2 Biopolitical Pain
Part II: Utilitarian Conduct of Conduct
Introduction: Legal Norms, Extra-Legal Norms and Utilitarian Conduct
3 Law, Norm and the Control of Conduct
4 The Secret Monitoring Plan
Part III: The Biopolitical Expert
Introduction: The Moralist and the Economist
5 Are there Biopolitical Ethics?
6 Political Economy as the Republic of Interests
Epilogue: (De)Constructing Biopolitics
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