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    An Advanced Introduction

    Tomas Lemke

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    Foreword by Monica J. Casper and Lisa Jean Moore vii

    Preface xi

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    References 129

    Index 139

    About the Author 145

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    viii Foreword

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    Foreword ix

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    xii Preface

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    1

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    2 Introduction

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    Introduction 3

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    4 Introduction

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    Introduction 5

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    6 Introduction

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    8 Introduction

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    Lfe a he Ba f P

    State Biology: From Organicist Concepts to Racist Concepts

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    10 Life as the Basis of Politics

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    Life as the Basis of Politics 11

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    12 Life as the Basis of Politics

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    W w v l h hv c h h

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    w, cg ll. (1980, 136137)

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    cl h h c, whch

    h h-c h c pw (2003, 258).

    Racism and Power of Death

    Wh h fc w vg pw pw cl Te Hisory o Sexualiy, Vol. 1, cl ch hg p h 1976 lc h Cllg c. Bplch ch h lgcl hhl (1980, 143) h w wh lv wh (2003, 254). cl wg h h h vg pw pw l h plcl-l c c-lgcl . T plcl-lc w p h 17h 18h c. I v chllg l pw (., 58), gg h P l-

    l pvl gl l c wh hcc pp Kg L XIV. V l h pch xp c g, whch w l -lgcl gc. Rh, ll c pcc hcl-plcl v. l w h h c v w hl cp w gc cl gp h cx- wh xg h cll gh h-lv h hgh, xpl, ggphcl g,lgg, lg. T cc pcpll ch lgc vg pw h pl vl lw, whch h pcc .

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    ccg h pcpl lcc. A h gg h 19h

    c, vl c g whch h pl plcll c w cgl plc h h-c cl cl (., 61, 7880).

    cl g h h w l h plclplc h c w h h 19h c l lgcl-cl c. T c (l h 19h c h cq c g) w l h

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    w, wh lgh, vc, , h vl--lgcl l h ggl l. Accg cl,h c c (1980, 125) vl pc (2003, 256)

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    wh. T l c h c wll c g l,

    g w l, w pc. T h lc p pc, wll c h c cl lz (., 62). h ppc-v, hgz hchz pp h

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    l lhg vg l w hlh c,wh lvg wh lvg. Rh, ch h lh pv l h p: T ll, h h wll c T v c h l wll llw lv (., 255). Rc cl,h, c l w h l p hh h. I l llw hchz h

    wh wh lvg l h hlh p c lhp wh h ppc h. I hh lgcl g, xclg, cg, v g h, ll h pvg l: Tc h h h pl h I lv h h h h g ; h h h h, h h h c, h c ( h g, h -l) hg h wll l gl hlh (., 255).

    T c lgcl whl h pv cl h h gv cl , wch v p-, g gh c wh : h . cl g h, h h 19h c, h l, c g h l

    c; plcl cc plc c (., 261). Whl h hc-plcl c c w ll c g h pp (whch c h gp v -h) g lw (wh php ), h hc c ll plc wp h h h :

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    h lg h c g -

    h: h , , h pc h g, hp, h p h c. T cl p, whll c, , lgcl plc: h wh -

    plc h c ggl. I h h c hp wh h h cl p plc h c ggl.(2003, 81)

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    h h xpg l l cc (1980,150). v c, hwv, lc h hcl . I - pl h c cl plc c. T -p cll c w lz cl hghh pjc clg c whch ll h wh vg h lg w h c cz.I h v c, cl c lgcll -g h v h cl (2003, 8283).

    cl l c h ghl ccz gl lcv. Alhgh h pl cll - cl h c, hl c. cl h cgz h lhp , czhp, c, h h xl c-

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    wh c h pv h plcl gg

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    lw cpl clg h cl . Rc -

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    h, cl chllg h l plcl -c w cvv ccl p. T l c w w c h c l g lh v-g pw l-p pcpl lg.Tgh h cp cl (., 60), h p-lcl pjc l c cc wh -lgcl p; h pphc-vl p c -cl-hgc c wh h ; h ggl gc c, h llw h pv c g lgcl g; c g pw c pw: Rc , q lll,

    vl c v (., 81). cll w ccl plvlc (1980, 100) h cpc h c c c. I h

    w c pl cc cp cg h ch lgcl fc h h llgl l cll fc w hcgp, ppl, cl gp.

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    plc cc (Polizeywissenschaf) ll ll h (2007, 363). Cl h hccp gv. cl pp v g h , g p h v g h c wll h 18h c (2000, 341). Alhgh h w h plplcl g , cl hw h p l wll h

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    18h c h pl gv w plc g-

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    , h hcl l cll l lv-g pc: h c h vlvg cvl c( cl 2007).

    Plcl c, whch g cv wl-g h 18h c, plc h lc g pcpl cl cl cc gl wh h

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    p l-gl h h l

    pc. Ah ch A h, Dv H, A -g h h x h pcl gv-l pcc h gv hv pc h h p. T, gvl pcc hl l whh lw h h hlv hv c. h, h pcpl gv h xl cgc l gl. T c gvl c lg lgc llgc cc l; cc h gc pw h g-c ccg .

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    A c pw w llw h hcl

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    whch v pl p-cpl. N l whch gvl

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    pcc ppl h h p cl. I

    h h l l v, h cc h h cl c. Hwv, h vg l gv l, c pcl h hppl h p p hh w pl v. T cl h c -c gl: l-, cg, lg -c p h g, pcg, cg(2007, 7076; 2008, 267316).

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    T chlg c p h v pp hcpl : wh h l pcpv ,h h pcl g p, whch v glv llw h f v-

    . Rh h jg l p hl- vl,h chlg c l h : cl v, vg , h h, . T w l l w hp h ph; h, h pc pl l

    wh pc v (2007, 5563).

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    T plcl c ppl w p-

    lcl g h 18h c c p h -gc lg. Ll ccp cll cc lgcl l-gl l-pv h pvl g h hh ph-cl-chc pg vgg . Blg, whchg 1800 h cc l, c pcpl gz h cc h cgc l wh l x pg. T xl h c-p h pl hgh h l plc

    h ccp gz, wh l c c c pcpl c ll g. hp , ch cg l-pv, pc, -

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    w. T hcl plc l h l-ccl -gh h h l l plc w -l cv, h h pl c h lgcl phcl l ppl h plc h .Icg h gv hlp h h-cl hz, l h plcl hh wh h vg jcv pc l-plcl xc. h ppcv, plc

    p pcl c cll h chc-z ll gv. Wh ll, , h q- hw jc gv h h lglp lvg g ( . 2008, 317). cl c h pl wh h h plcl pl c p

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    h w plcl l wh whch h p-

    p h . T ll, c w l ll h h h chl-lg. Hw c h ph ppl, wh pcc -

    c pl, cc cc pc lgl jc vl p? Ih wh ccg wh l c g?

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    lgl pl? T h h h l vl clHisory o Sexualiy, wh c l plz phcl xpc l-c (1988, 1990).Cp xpl h g h h g hlgl cc h g, h whch cg -cg p l chcl v. T plh h g, xpl, whh p hg c cl h gh. h, wh lp h g plcl cl gh p?

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    ccp h pl l jc h h

    l h cpl?cl wg ch cll p h -

    lc ppcv f pg gg vlp.H v h h l w plc ll cc pjc h w h c- h 1979 lc ( 2008, 2122, 78). Rgl, wh w l wh h , cl cc l-ccll hc h lc (., 185186).

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    cl ll gv l l h - ppl c pcc h h w c-cv gc l plcl g. Acc-

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    h v l pc ggl; l plcl ggl

    w c vl c g h - h w cllg . (1980, 144145)

    T cplg h gl h pplc w plcl ggl h v l ggh cl w cg gh, ch h gh l,

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    , hlh, xl, h c c . cl

    hcl h h plcl cc hv c cglp c Wl W II pcll c h 1960. Alg- h ggl g plcl, cl, lg - cc xpl, w l cc g:ggl g jcv ( 2000, 331332). I pl c vlpg c gv (2000c, 295),

    whch l cl pp w w, cc h hlh , , h clgcl v, pc v, xl . gh h vlp gl hl jcv ccp h l-g h g c. T ggl chcz h ch h pp gv vlz (2000, 330).

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    h h cl h h l cc h h cc (c.cl 1988, 1990).

    cl ccp plc w, h h 1984, -cv f w. w cll pp p- hv c cgl l c . Bhw lc pl wh cl g

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    plc vlp h ccp h. Hwv, h -

    g h pl v h gg l. Oh h h wg Gg Ag, h h h w chl H A Ng, h whch

    wll c h llwg chp.

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    Sveregn Pwer and Bare Lfe:

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    wh h W h glz clz- h whch w pl h h gg. Accg

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    plcl . Icl plcl c l pl,h w, hgh h l xcl h g wh ll lgl .

    I wh llw, I p Ag v cl c-cp plc c lcl wll l. T c p Ag l h, h c p vg gc pl l cp c. I h h c, I vl h-cl pl p Ag ccp plc, -clg h plc hc jcl ccp pw,h x h , h glc ccc pc h

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    181).Ag l h h vg hgh

    g h v chc R lw: homo sacer. T p wh cl ll wh p, c h w h plc-lgl c c h h

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    phcl xc. Ag, h c g p h

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    h l plcl , whch h l h h g h jc vg c. h p-pcv, h pc homines sacri p c cv p W plcl h.

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    xcv z h l, ll, h p

    h homo sacer v vwh (W 2002, 622).

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    Wh Ag wh h c h cccp h h pg h plcl pc (1998, 123)? vl, h cp h ch p cc hcl plc pl , lz x h w l plcl xc. Tcp h l Nz cc cp c-p p c h pc whch l cll pc: he camp is he space ha is openedwhen he sae o excepion begins o become he rule (., 168169,ph gl). Ag h cp h h -

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    Ag c h plcl plc

    h h h Nz l chp. H gh c h plc h p w hhl: cc pl plc wh hNz plc (1998, 165). Wh Nz

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    gl). T jxp bos zo, plcl xc l, l xcp, h jcl l pw h cl ccz. Ag l hll h lw w Cl ch h cl.I ch vg pw l cll xcp p gh (c. ch 1996), cl l c, whch x lw, x , p-ll c lgl ch. Wh ch hw h p, cl cc wh h pc- l (cl 2003, 2341; zpc 2001, 259261;D-w 2002, 108114).

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