Book contents
- Biopolitics and Animal Species in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Science
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century literature and culture
- Biopolitics and Animal Species in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Science
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Note on Citations
- Introduction Method and Field
- Part I Species, Lyric, and Onomatopoeia
- Part II How Did Darwin Invent the Symptom?
- Part III Societies of Blood
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Introduction - Method and Field
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
Book contents
- Biopolitics and Animal Species in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Science
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century literature and culture
- Biopolitics and Animal Species in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Science
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Note on Citations
- Introduction Method and Field
- Part I Species, Lyric, and Onomatopoeia
- Part II How Did Darwin Invent the Symptom?
- Part III Societies of Blood
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Summary
Michel Foucault argued that in the nineteenth century, the species became a population and became subject to political management. Foucault’s claim defines the political stakes of this book, whose point of departure is the loss of a theological ground for the species concept. As species become targets of political power, they become mutable and historically contingent. The book argues that a result is that species come to be identified with aesthetic categories and with symptomatic or unmotivated behaviors.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024