Routledge Beyond Biopolitics - Theory and Violence Book

Beyond Biopolitics: Theory, Violence, and Horror in World Politics provides a serious attempt to think about the unthinkable. Published by Routledge as part of the Interventions series, this volume exposes the conceptual limits of critical biopolitical approaches to violence, war, and terror in the post-9/11 War on Terror era. This academic work demonstrates how popular international political theories rely on frames of representation that overlook extreme forms of gruesome violence. These forms of violence lack concern for the preservation of life, which is a central theme in biopolitical study. Authors Debrix and Barder mobilize different concepts to examine these gaps in political theory, making this an essential text for students and scholars of political violence and international relations.