Hi Sean,
How about _Gattaca_ by Andrew Nicol with Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, and
Jude Law?
I believe the film successfully presents a vision of bio-political, or
eugenic-welfare society of control. Besides the whole plot is well-made
enough not to let us get bored until the ending comes.
But a bio-political model there seems closer the model which appears in
_The Will to Knowledge_ or _"Society must be defended"_ than that of
_Naissance de la biopolitique_.
Thus some of your studensts might feel the concept of bio-politics is
situated nearby Deleuzian notion of "control society."
I'm also curious about listmembers' suggestions for "foucauldian" films.
Best,
Tetz
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Tetz Hakoda
Ph. D. candidate of Kobe University, Japan
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>
> I'm teaching an upper-year seminar on Foucault and biopolitics (broadly
> conceived) this coming fall, and I was thinking maybe I'd show a few films.
> The first and best thing that comes to mind for me is Todd Haynes's "Safe."
> Do listmembers have other suggestions for films that would resonate with the
> concept of biopolitics, or on Foucauldian themes more generally?
>
> Thanking you in advance...
>
> Regards,
>
> Sean
>
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> Sean Saraka, Asssistant Professor
> Department of Political Science
> Mount Allison University
> 144 Main Street
> Sackville, New Brunswick
> Canada E4L 1A7
>
> Phone (506) 364-2206
> Fax (506) 364-2625
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How about _Gattaca_ by Andrew Nicol with Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, and
Jude Law?
I believe the film successfully presents a vision of bio-political, or
eugenic-welfare society of control. Besides the whole plot is well-made
enough not to let us get bored until the ending comes.
But a bio-political model there seems closer the model which appears in
_The Will to Knowledge_ or _"Society must be defended"_ than that of
_Naissance de la biopolitique_.
Thus some of your studensts might feel the concept of bio-politics is
situated nearby Deleuzian notion of "control society."
I'm also curious about listmembers' suggestions for "foucauldian" films.
Best,
Tetz
--
Tetz Hakoda
Ph. D. candidate of Kobe University, Japan
-----Original Message-----
From: "Sean Saraka" <saraka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:58:55 -0400
To: "'Mailing-list'" <foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Foucault-L] biopolitics on film
>
> I'm teaching an upper-year seminar on Foucault and biopolitics (broadly
> conceived) this coming fall, and I was thinking maybe I'd show a few films.
> The first and best thing that comes to mind for me is Todd Haynes's "Safe."
> Do listmembers have other suggestions for films that would resonate with the
> concept of biopolitics, or on Foucauldian themes more generally?
>
> Thanking you in advance...
>
> Regards,
>
> Sean
>
> ----
> Sean Saraka, Asssistant Professor
> Department of Political Science
> Mount Allison University
> 144 Main Street
> Sackville, New Brunswick
> Canada E4L 1A7
>
> Phone (506) 364-2206
> Fax (506) 364-2625
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list