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The Biopolitics of Development Reading Michel Foucault in the Postcolonial Present

The Biopolitics of Development

Sandro Mezzadra • Julian Reid Ranabir Samaddar Editors

The Biopolitics of Development Reading Michel Foucault in the Postcolonial Present

Editors Sandro Mezzadra Department of Politics, Institutions and History University of Bologna Bologna, Italy

Julian Reid Professor of International Relations University of Lapland Lapland, Finland

Ranabir Samaddar Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group Kolkata, West Bengal, India

ISBN 978-81-322-1595-0 ISBN 978-81-322-1596-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-1596-7 Springer New Delhi Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013954789 © Springer India 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Acknowledgements

We would all like to thank the Finnish Academy for funding the Biopolitics of Development research project at the University of Lapland, which made possible the organization of workshops in Kolkata and Bologna, and at which all of the papers gathered in this volume were presented and developed. We thank the participants of both of these events for their contributions and encouragement, especially those of the Calcutta Research Group. We would also like to thank Mad