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Informationen zum Autor Sokthan Yeng is assistant professor of philosophy at Adelphi University. Klappentext Many political figures insist that their anti-immigration sentiments have nothing to do with race and racism. Americans seem largely unconvinced, which is why politicians must protest so loudly and often. In order to deflect accusations of racism, public figures evoke the neo-liberal principle that calls for protection of state health and resources. Yet contemporary philosophers such as Hanna Arendt, Michel Foucault, and Giorgio Agamben argue that neo-liberal ideology is racist. Sokthan Yeng applies their analysis to the debate over immigration policies to show that neo-liberalism not only recodes traditional racist rhetoric but also expands systemic racism. Politicians can say that their anti-immigration policies are meant to protect the nation's economy and strength. It is no coincidence, however, that the populations most affected by these regulations are ethnic and cultural minorities such as Mexican and Muslim immigrants. The analysis presented in The Biopolitics of Race will be valuable to philosophers and other scholars or students interested in critical race theory, feminism, and queer theory. It also has implications for anyone working in public health, bioethics, or migration studies. Zusammenfassung The Biopolitics of Race provides philosophical analysis of immigration! a pressing public issue! by focusing on how concerns over state health are used to identify and deny entrance to Mexican! Muslim! homosexual! and female immigrants. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: Immigration and the Modern Political StateChapter 2: The Problem of Immigration in the U.S.Chapter 3: State Racism and Neo-liberal Immigration PoliciesChapter 4: Biologizing the Race of TerrorChapter 5: The Race of Sexual DegeneratesChapter 6: Racing GenderConclusion: Immigrants as Indicators of Race
