Stephen Morton, Stephen Bygrave - Foucault in an Age of Terror: Essays on Biopolitics and the Defence of Society

This book provides a timely exploration of Foucault's work on biopolitics in light of the continuing 'war on terror'.It is a timely reassessment of Foucault's work on biopolitics and the post-9/11 world. It focuses on the relationship between literary culture, power, society and war. Challenging the discipline of contemporary English Studies, this is the first book in English to deal at length with Foucault's "Society Must Be Defended".This book focuses on the relationship between literary culture, power, society and war. It assesses the critical importance of Michel Foucault's lecture series, "Society Must Be Defended" for contemporary debates about war and terror in literary and cultural studies, as well as social and political thought.