different between biopolitics vs governmentality

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bio- +? politics. Sense 1 was developed by Michel Foucault, sense 2 by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri.

biopolitics (uncountable)

Politics (style of government) that regulates populations through biopower.
Anticapitalist insurrection using life and the body as weapons.
The political application of bioethics.
A political spectrum that reflects positions towards the sociopolitical consequences of biotechnology.

French gouvernementalité, equivalent to governmental +? -ity.

governmentality (countable and uncountable, plural governmentalities)

(sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
Synonym: governmentalism

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