Caroline Alphin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4153301 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Alphin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline |
| FAMILY NAME | Alphin |
| SIGNATURE | ALPHIN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Political Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0401-0057 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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Making Monsters
Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization." New Political Science, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Biopolitics in the ‘Psychic Realm’
This article explores German Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han’s notion of psychopolitics and his concept of the neoliberal subject. For Han, mental processes are now the primary target of power. This means that, according to Han, biopower must give way to what he calls psychopower since perspectives that critically seek to understand neoliberalism through a biopolitical lens are no longer adequate to contemporary regimes of neoliberal achievemen…
Artificial Life After Frankenstein
Disciplinary Neoliberalism and the Simulation of Freedom
If we take seriously François Debrix’s position in Re-Envisioning Peacekeeping that it is the “disciplinary” part of disciplinary neoliberalism that matters, then we can turn our attention to something that is still largely missing in studies of neoliberalism: an examination of neoliberalism, not on the level of the state and its actors, but on the level of the day-to-day minutiae of neoliberal subjects. Drawing from Baudrillard, Foucault, and Al…
The Devil's Perverse Reversals
The Devil's Perverse Reversals:Kotsko's The Prince of this World Caroline Alphin (bio) Adam Kotsko, The Prince of this World. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2016. 225. pages. $20.52 (pbk). $66.92 (hc). ISBN 9780804799683 A common theme among conservative ideologues is that Christianity, its followers, and its values are under attack in the United States. Some Christian populations view a push for insurance to provide birth control, a broade…
Biopolitics in the ‘Psychic Realm’
This article explores German Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han’s notion of psychopolitics and his concept of the neoliberal subject. For Han, mental processes are now the primary target of power. This means that, according to Han, biopower must give way to what he calls psychopower since perspectives that critically seek to understand neoliberalism through a biopolitical lens are no longer adequate to contemporary regimes of neoliberal achievemen…
The Devil's Perverse Reversals
The Devil's Perverse Reversals:Kotsko's The Prince of this World Caroline Alphin (bio) Adam Kotsko, The Prince of this World. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2016. 225. pages. $20.52 (pbk). $66.92 (hc). ISBN 9780804799683 A common theme among conservative ideologues is that Christianity, its followers, and its values are under attack in the United States. Some Christian populations view a push for insurance to provide birth control, a broade…
Disciplinary Neoliberalism and the Simulation of Freedom
If we take seriously François Debrix’s position in Re-Envisioning Peacekeeping that it is the “disciplinary” part of disciplinary neoliberalism that matters, then we can turn our attention to something that is still largely missing in studies of neoliberalism: an examination of neoliberalism, not on the level of the state and its actors, but on the level of the day-to-day minutiae of neoliberal subjects. Drawing from Baudrillard, Foucault, and Al…
Artificial Life After Frankenstein
Making Monsters
Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization." New Political Science, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Biopolitics in the ‘Psychic Realm’
This article explores German Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han’s notion of psychopolitics and his concept of the neoliberal subject. For Han, mental processes are now the primary target of power. This means that, according to Han, biopower must give way to what he calls psychopower since perspectives that critically seek to understand neoliberalism through a biopolitical lens are no longer adequate to contemporary regimes of neoliberal achievemen…
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Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)