Routledge Beyond Biopolitics - Theory, Violence, and Horror

Beyond Biopolitics offers a serious attempt to think about the unthinkable. This volume from Routledge examines the conceptual limits of current biopolitical approaches to violence, war, and terror within the post-9/11 War on Terror era. While many popular international political theories focus on the preservation of life, this book identifies a gap in those frameworks. It explores extreme forms of gruesome violence that do not follow traditional biopolitical themes. By looking at what these theories leave out of focus, the authors provide a new way to understand modern conflict. This work is part of the Interventions series and serves as a deep investigation into how we represent and understand political violence today. It is an essential read for those studying the intersections of theory, horror, and global politics.