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Hi there,

My name is Nick and I am from Romania. I am really happy to join this list 
which I find so interesting.
I did all my secondary studies in France where I graduated this year with a 
Master's thesis concerning some issues about reproductive medicine in the 
USA. Actually I prepare my applications for a PhD and I would like to 
combine bioethics and Foucault (which is means in this case for me 
biopolitics) in my essay. I know that there are a lot of articles about, but 
I would like to ask you if you have heard something about the effectiveness 
of the biopower model in our contemporary societies ? Would you please help 
me with some references ?
I understand by this concept of effectiveness that if the biopower emerged 
in England (XIX century) in the same time that  liberalism thoughts appeared 
(context of Poor Law, workhouses see Naissance de la biopolitique - last 
Course of College de France published by Michel Senellart) this model that 
Foucault determine has some historical conditions of possibility. My 
question is: can we find today in our societies a similar context which 
would help us to sustain similar conclusions ? In other words, does 
Foucaldian model of biopower pass the test of our actual world ? Does it 
work today ?

I am sorry because my English is not so good as my French but I hope that my 
email is comprehensible.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Nick