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Biopolitical science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Larry Arnhart
Larry Arnhart*
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Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 [email protected]
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Abstract

This article develops a theoretical framework for biopolitical science as a science of political animals. This science moves through three levels of deep political history: the universal political history of the species, the cultural political history of the group, and the individual political history of animals in the group. To illustrate the particular application of biopolitical science, this essay shows how this science would help us to understand Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863.

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Biopolitical theoryevolutionary theorypolitical historyAbraham Lincolnpolitical psychologypolitical philosophy
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 24 - 47
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