The Biopolitics of Nourishing Life

In this paper, I argue that nourishing life (yangsheng 養生) as a self-cultivating practice stands as an alternative model of biopolitics that challenges the neoliberal one. Existing scholarship on nourishing life focuses much on its ethical significance, for instance, as an effective way to lead a l...

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Main Author: Manhua Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2023-05-01
Series:Asian Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/11757