Avantgarden der Biopolitik

Jugendbewegung, Lebensreform und Strategien biologischer »Aufrüstung«

Contributions by Meike S. Baader Contributions by Karl Braun Contributions by Meret Fehlmann Contributions by Anne Göpel Contributions by Gabriele Guerra Contributions by Anne-Christine Hamel Contributions by Vanessa Hautmann Contributions by John Khairi-Taraki Contributions by Philipp Lehar Contributions by Ulrich Linse Contributions by Felix Linzner Contributions by Christina Niem Contributions by Uwe Puschner Contributions by Susanne Rappe-Weber Contributions by Sven Reiß Contributions by Jürgen Reulecke Contributions by Frauke Schneemann Contributions by David Templin Contributions by Johann Thun Contributions by Anne-Christine Weßler Edited by Karl Braun Edited by Felix Linzner Edited by John Khairi-Taraki

Book cover: Avantgarden der Biopolitik

Extent: 275 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Cultural Studies, Gender & Sexuality, Social Sciences 

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(January 2019)

ISBN: 9783847108450

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $50.00

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In den Beitragen geht es um Konzepte von Verbesserung und Vermeidung von Gefahrdung, kurz die breite Palette von Auslese, Ausschluss und Ausmerze. Welche Vorstellungen von Weiblichkeit und Mannlichkeit, von rassischer Reinheit, von den Moglichkeiten, das Sexualleben zu gestalten, vom Umgang mit dem Korper und den Lebensfunktionen, von Modellen vergangener, wieder- bzw. neu herzustellender sozialer Organisationsformen gab es? Diesen Fragen geht der Band unter dem Aspekt Biopolitik nach und macht so die jugendbewegten Bestrebungen – in der gegebenen Ambivalenz – nachvollziehbar und verstehbar.


Within a discursive environment of societal unease, physical-biological, social Darwinian, sexual and racial-theoretical lines of argumentation were extremely popular during the youth movement. It concerned concepts of improvement as well as avoidance of threats; i.e., a broad spectrum across elite selection – expulsion – eradication. What was meant by femininity and masculinity, by racial purity, by the creative possibilities of sexual life, by dealing with the body and its vital functions, by models of past forms of social organisation or those that were to be restored or reinvented? This volume addresses these questions from a “biopolitical” point of view, thus making youths’ efforts – in its inherent ambivalence – both comprehensible and understandable.

  • Contributions by Meike S. Baader
  • Contributions by Karl Braun
  • Contributions by Meret Fehlmann
  • Contributions by Anne Göpel
  • Contributions by Gabriele Guerra
  • Contributions by Anne-Christine Hamel
  • Contributions by Vanessa Hautmann
  • Contributions by John Khairi-Taraki
  • Contributions by Philipp Lehar
  • Contributions by Ulrich Linse
  • Contributions by Felix Linzner
  • Contributions by Christina Niem
  • Contributions by Uwe Puschner
  • Contributions by Susanne Rappe-Weber
  • Contributions by Sven Reiß
  • Contributions by Jürgen Reulecke
  • Contributions by Frauke Schneemann
  • Contributions by David Templin
  • Contributions by Johann Thun
  • Contributions by Anne-Christine Weßler
  • Edited by Karl Braun
  • Edited by Felix Linzner
  • Edited by John Khairi-Taraki