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1、HumanGenesandNeoliberalGovernanceAFoucauldianCritiqueDrawingontheworkofMichelFoucault,amongothers,HumanGenesandNeoliberalGovernanceshowshowtheprivilegingofgeneticexplana-tionsaboutindividualrisks,overenvironmentalandsocioeconomicfactors,re?ectsbothametaphysica
2、landapoliticalcomplicitybetween‘geneticisa-tion’andneoliberalism.The‘newhumangenetics’doesnottransformwhatitistobehumanasmuchasshifttheplacewelookatwhenwetrytocharacter-isecommonalitiesandvariationsamongthehumanspecies.The‘geneticrevo-lution’isaboveallapercept
3、ualrevolution,andinthe?rstpartofthisbookAntoinetteRouvroyexploresthesocial,politicalandeconomicconditionsandconsequencesofthisnew‘perceptualregime’.Inthesecondpartofthisbookshepursuesheranalysisthroughacon-siderationoftheimpactof‘geneticisation’onpoliticalsupp
4、ortofthewelfarestate,andontheoperationofprivatehealthandlifeinsurance.Geneticsandneoliberalism,sheargues,arecomplicitinfosteringthebeliefthatsocialandeconomicpatternshavea?xednaturebeyondthereachofdemocraticdelib-eration,andthatthecharacteristicsofindividualsa
5、reunusuallyplastic,andwithinthescopeofindividualchoiceandresponsibility.‘Geneticisation’,itisconcluded,hascometoprovideaquestionableandlargelyunacknowledgedsupportforneoliberalgovernance.AntoinetteRouvroybelongstothegrowingcommunityof‘a(chǎn)cademicnomads’.Theinterd
6、isciplinarytoneofherworkhasoriented–andhasbeenorientedby–herfellowshipsattheCenterforPhilosophyofLawattheUniversitécatholiquedeLouvain,attheEuropeanUniversityInstituteinFlorence,attheScienceandTechnologyStudiesUnitoftheUniversityofYork,andattheFacultyofLawatMc
7、GillUniversityinMontreal.SheisnowassistantprofessorofLawandLanguage,andresearchfellowinInformationTechnologyLawattheUniversityofNamur,inBelgium.HumanGenesandNeoliberalGovernanceAFoucauldianCritiqueAntoinetteRouvroyFirstpublished2008byRoutledge-Cavendish2ParkSq
8、uare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RNSimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge-Cavendish270MadisonAve,NewYork,NY10016ThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2007.