Biyo-Politikanın Sürdürülebilir Bedenlerinden, Biyo-Kapitalin Kullan-At Bedenlerine

Abstract

The spectrum and issues of bio-capital, are wide from sportive activities and bodily technologies to surrogacy motherhood, and organ piracy. Gene technology, getting complexed organ plantations and donation operations, diet programs to lose or gain weight, growing cosmetic market and plastic surgery, and products may contain steroids and in vitro production of bios, IVF pregnancy and hoarding of tissues, hormones, (stem) cells, sperms, blood, retina and of other body parts and liquids… On the other hand, while the development of this work opens up new possibilities for the body, it also creates new tensions and conflicts between the body and subjectivity. This conflictual terrain is labeled as bio-capital. What the focal point here is: how the traditional means of production-circulation-appropriation of value in the capitalist system became hybrid when it is anticipated bio-value produced through life-tech; and the general characteristics of bio-capital as an evolved sub-capital form of this anticipation.