Economization of life, the
Auteur :
Murphy, M.
Éditeur :
Duke University Press
ISBN :
9780822363453
Date de publication :
12 mai 2017
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
340 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Michelle Murphy examines the ways in which efforts at population control since World War II have tied reproduction to neoliberal capitalism, showing how data collection practices have been used to quantify the value of a human life in terms of its ability to improve the nation-state's gross domestic product.