Description
State, biopower, exclusion
Book Summary
This work offers a critical analysis of how the logic of capital, understood as a social relation, structures the mechanisms of power and exclusion in contemporary societies. Through an interdisciplinary lens, the author examines the intersection between the State, biopower, and the production of inequality, unveiling the processes that perpetuate poverty, discrimination, and social control. An essential book for understanding the power dynamics that shape our world.
What is it about?
The book delves into the relationship between capital as a social relation and the processes of system reproduction. Based on this foundation, it analyzes phenomena such as social exclusion, biopower, globalization, and new forms of control. It examines how the State, far from being neutral, acts as a key agent in the management of life and the production of inequalities. The work unravels the connections between political economy, social philosophy, and criminology to offer an integral vision of the structures of power and domination in contemporary capitalism.
Main Topics
- Capital as a social relation and its logic of reproduction.
- Biopower and governmentality in the contemporary State.
- Mechanisms of social exclusion and the production of inequality.
- Globalization and the transformation of social classes.
- Critique of welfare and social control policies.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is intended for students, academics, and researchers in social sciences, political philosophy, sociology, criminology, and social work. It is also of great interest to activists, social service professionals, and any reader committed to a critical analysis of the structures of power, inequality, and exclusion in the world today.
What this book contributes
- A deep understanding of how capitalism generates and manages social exclusion.
- Theoretical tools to critically analyze the role of the State and public policies.
- An interdisciplinary perspective that connects economics, philosophy, and sociology.
- Keys to understanding biopower as a control mechanism in contemporary societies.
- A solid conceptual framework for addressing current problems such as inequality and discrimination.
Technical Data
- Author: OSORIO, JAIME
- Publisher: ANTHROPOS EDITORIAL
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: HUMANITIES, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION AND BELIEFS, POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUALITY, GLOBALIZATION, SOCIAL CLASSES, SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIAL SERVICES AND WELFARE, CRIMINOLOGY, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
- Collection: CRITICAL / UTOPIAN THINKING
- Binding: Other
- Publication date: March 2012
- Number of pages: 160
- Weight: 202 g
Editorial Review
This is a rigorous and necessary work that addresses, from a critical and updated perspective, the fundamental tensions between capital, the State, and social life. Its interdisciplinary approach and ability to connect theory and reality make it a valuable resource for those seeking solid analytical tools to understand and question the dynamics of exclusion and power in globalized capitalism. A reference text within contemporary critical thought.