The Biopolitics of Intellectual Property

Regulating Innovation and Personhood in the Information Age

AvGordon Hull

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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As a central part of the regulation of contemporary economies, intellectual property (IP) is central to all aspects of our lives. It matters for the works we create, the brands we identify and the medicines we consume. But if IP is power, what kind of power is it, and what does it do? Building on the work of Michel Foucault, Gordon Hull examines different ways of understanding power in copyright, trademark and patent policy: as law, as promotion of public welfare, and as promotion of neoliberal privatization. He argues that intellectual property policy is moving toward neoliberalism, even as that move is broadly contested in everything from resistance movements to Supreme Court decisions. This work should be read by anyone interested in understanding why the struggle to conceptualize IP matters.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-01-02
Mått:151 x 228 x 14 mm
Vikt:350 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:230
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108712057

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Gordon Hull is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He has published numerous articles on contemporary philosophical and political theory, intellectual property, privacy, and the history of philosophy. He is also the author of Hobbes and the Making of Modern Political Thought (2009).

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'Tracing the shifting logic of intellectual property over the centuries, Gordon Hull demonstrates that neoliberalism is less concerned with markets or freedom than it is with the economization of everyday life. This groundbreaking genealogy combines Foucauldian theory of biopower with a rich empirical analysis to illuminate how norms and technologies of ownership are now at stake in the shaping of our very subjectivity.' William Davies, Goldsmiths, University of London and author of The Limits of Neoliberalism

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction; 2. Theorizing intellectual property; 3. Copyright; 4. Trademark; 5. Patents; 6. Conclusion: politics was already in the way; 7. Works Cited.