Essays about: "Biopolitics"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 46 essays containing the word Biopolitics.

  1. 21. Biopolitical bodies at the Greek-Turkish border

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Giorgos Litsis; [2020]
    Keywords : Biopolitics; state of exception; bare life; homo sacer; borders;

    Abstract : On 27 February 2020, Erdogan announced that he would open the Turkish border, allowing refugees to cross into Europe. Greece’s response was the deployment of military forces and the suspension of asylum applications. READ MORE

  3. 22. Disease knows no borders : an online ethnographic case study during the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Maja Klinga; [2020]
    Keywords : gender; inequality; biopolitics; pandemics; intersectionality;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyze the reactions and expressions towards the governmental regulations amongst  Swedes in Spain during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a qualitative online ethnographic case study where a online forum is analysed through a content analysis. READ MORE

  4. 23. International biopolitics and “climate refugees” as bare life. A Critical Discourse Analysis of how the UN’s framing of “climate refugees” impacts climate related global humanitarian migration and refugee governance

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Merle Emrich; [2020]
    Keywords : climate refugees; climate change; migration; United Nations; poststructuralism; anthropocene; Critical Discourse Analysis; biopolitics;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how the United Nations’ (UN) framing of “climate refugees” impacts global humanitarian migration and refugee governance in the context of anthropogenic climate change in which border zones become spaces of biopolitical decision making which impacts both governance strategies and International Relations as an academic field. It argues from a poststructuralist perspective that the UN’s discourse centred around climate change related human movement, the issue of “climate refugees” is downplayed, and “climate refugees” become bare life while their claims to legal protection are delegitimised. READ MORE

  5. 24. Age of Arrakis: State Apparatuses and Foucauldian Biopolitics in Frank Herbert's Dune

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Pontus Viberg; [2019]
    Keywords : power; ideology; biopower; religion; science fiction; Herbert Dune; America; colonialism; state apparatus;

    Abstract : Frank Herbert’s Dune is generally recognized as the best-selling science fiction novel of all time. While it is commonly referred to as a novel of environmental characteristics, this essay investigates the depiction of society and how the power dynamics in this far future setting are presented. READ MORE

  6. 25. From invisibility to political witch-hunt: The influence of everyday marginalization on the sense of Polish and European belonging among the LGBTQ+ minority in Poland.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Anna Jastrzembska; [2019]
    Keywords : narrative analysis; LGBTQ ; European identity; sexual citizenship; European Studies; Poland; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Thirty years after the fall of communism and fifteen years after Poland joined the European Union, there have been more steps backwards than forwards in regards to gender and sexual equality. From the very beginning, this has been a cause of tension between Poland and the EU. READ MORE