TY - JOUR
T1 - Biopolitics
T2 - Lessons from history
AU - Peterson, Steven A.
PY - 1976/10
Y1 - 1976/10
N2 - Biopolitics is an emerging subdiscipline within the field of political science. The essay examines historical antecedents and delineates three categories of such works: 1) metaphor, 2) evolutionary/genetic influences on behavior, and 3) public policy implications. A number of problems with these works are noted. Finally, suggestions for the current interest in biopolitics are outlined, based upon the historical analysis.
AB - Biopolitics is an emerging subdiscipline within the field of political science. The essay examines historical antecedents and delineates three categories of such works: 1) metaphor, 2) evolutionary/genetic influences on behavior, and 3) public policy implications. A number of problems with these works are noted. Finally, suggestions for the current interest in biopolitics are outlined, based upon the historical analysis.
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U2 - 10.1002/1520-6696(197610)12:4<354::AID-JHBS2300120407>3.0.CO;2-R
DO - 10.1002/1520-6696(197610)12:4<354::AID-JHBS2300120407>3.0.CO;2-R
M3 - Article
C2 - 797712
AN - SCOPUS:0017008140
SN - 0022-5061
VL - 12
SP - 354
EP - 366
JO - Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
JF - Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
IS - 4
ER -