Abstract

This article develops a theoretical framework for biopolitical science as a science of political animals. This science moves through three levels of deep political history: the universal political history of the species, the cultural political history of the group, and the individual political history of animals in the group. To illustrate the particular application of biopolitical science, this essay shows how this science would help us to understand Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863.

Larry Arnhart "Biopolitical science," Politics and the Life Sciences 29(1), 24-47, (1 March 2010). https://doi.org/10.2990/29_1_24
Published: 1 March 2010
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KEYWORDS
Abraham Lincoln
Biopolitical theory
EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
political history
political philosophy
political psychology
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