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10. Foucault is quick to point out that the notion of killing to prevent death was originally used
in war (kill the enemy to survive), which predates the rise of biopower. However, when
this principle of war is combined with racist ideology, Foucault claims that it morphs into a
biological-type relationship. “In order for my species to survive, the inferior must die out.”
This helps to shed more light on what Foucault means by a new State racism.
11. I am indebted to Dr. Andrew Cutrofello for this distinction between “aim” and “means.”
12. I am indebted to Dr. David Ingram's (2005) essay “Foucault and Habermas,” contained
within the second edition of the Cambridge Companion to Foucault , for the assistance
in locating this quotation.
13. The Nazi physicians also submitted as evidence a University of Chicago medical release
form for death row inmates.
14. Another example of this trend involves Abdul Badr Mannan, an anti-extremist
Pakistani author who was sent to Guantanamo after Pakistani Intelligence services
framed him.
15. One chemical treatment already used is thiopental sodium, a general anesthetic which
is supposed to induce relaxation and compliance in individuals who are subject to
interrogation.
16. This is not the first time an author has expressed interest in this sort of dialogue between
neuroscience and political studies.
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