In a lecture series given at the Collège de France about “the Birth of [this concept]”, one thinker argued that an “autonomous socialist governmentality” did not exist. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this type of “politics” which builds on a similarly-named type of “power” introduced in The History of Sexuality. This kind of politics refers to how a state exerts mass control on a population.
ANSWER: biopolitics [or biopolitique; accept biopower or biopouvoir]
[10e] This thinker’s lecture series on “the Birth of Biopolitics” was described by one of his students as an “apology of neoliberalism”. This French thinker also wrote Madness and Civilisation.
ANSWER: (Paul-)Michel Foucault (foo-KOH)
[10m] This man’s biopolitical works include A Brief History of Neoliberalism which helped spread the term “neoliberalism.” This Marxist geographer argued that neoliberal capitalistic policies engage in “accumulation by dispossession”.
ANSWER: David (W.) Harvey