The New Biopolitics |
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Authors: | Jiangxia Yu Jingwei Liu |
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Institution: | (1) College of Humanities and Social Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, People’s Republic of China |
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Abstract: | The biotech revolution profoundly changes and reconstructs the Foucaultian concept of biopolitics from different dimensions.
It declares the coming of the Age of Biocapitalism, which opens a new pattern of modern power allocation of life governance
and shows people two prospects simultaneously: utopian hopes and dystopian desperation. Biocapitalism has not only produced
ethical degeneration and cultural shock, but more importantly, has opened new areas for political hegemony and economic aggression
through the reconstruction of biopolitics, and the enhancement of capital’s comprehensive dominance on nature and the human
society. Therefore, it has become an area of serious, scholarly research in the biotech era to explore the implications of
contemporary biopolitics, to take precautions against, and reduce the real risks of technocapitalism. This paper investigates
the new biopolitics supported by the manipulation of modern biotechnology, especially genetic engineering, and unveils the
possible hazards and deep contradictions inherent in this capital-controlled science, within the context of biocapitalism.
It also seeks ways to prevent technological alienation and to reconstruct political rationality. It argues that entrepreneurs,
scientists, companies and universities of developed countries must realize the limits of capital expansion and the self―regulatory
capability of the market, and, then, assume ethical responsibilities as biocapital holders. |
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