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BIOPOLITICS IN KAZUO ISHIGURO'S NEVER LET ME GO

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The researcher seeks to analyze and demonstrate the concept of biopolitics and its originators. Biopolitics is an interdisciplinary field that explores the intersection between human biology and politics. It involves the exercise of political power to administer and control life and populations. The research will examine how biopolitics is portrayed in Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, ''Never Let Me Go'', which presents an alternate universe set in 1990s England. In this fictional society, cloned humans are created for the sole purpose of donating their organs. Through the novel's characters, the research will explore different manifestations of suffering from an existentialist perspective. The concept of organ donation in the novel can be interpreted as a metaphorical expression of human life and its universal awareness of finitude. The research will analyze how Kazuo Ishiguro presents the idea that the two seemingly distinct groups of clones and "ordinary people" on the donor side share similar perspectives on life, death, and the overall human experience. This aligns with Michel Foucault's concept of biopolitics, which involves securing, maintaining, and controlling life. By examining the society depicted in Never Let Me Go, the research will investigate how biopolitical practices have influenced and shaped that fictional world. This analysis will provide insights into the impact of biopolitics on the individuals and the broader social dynamics portrayed in the novel.
Title: BIOPOLITICS IN KAZUO ISHIGURO'S NEVER LET ME GO
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The researcher seeks to analyze and demonstrate the concept of biopolitics and its originators.
Biopolitics is an interdisciplinary field that explores the intersection between human biology and politics.
It involves the exercise of political power to administer and control life and populations.
The research will examine how biopolitics is portrayed in Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, ''Never Let Me Go'', which presents an alternate universe set in 1990s England.
In this fictional society, cloned humans are created for the sole purpose of donating their organs.
Through the novel's characters, the research will explore different manifestations of suffering from an existentialist perspective.
The concept of organ donation in the novel can be interpreted as a metaphorical expression of human life and its universal awareness of finitude.
The research will analyze how Kazuo Ishiguro presents the idea that the two seemingly distinct groups of clones and "ordinary people" on the donor side share similar perspectives on life, death, and the overall human experience.
This aligns with Michel Foucault's concept of biopolitics, which involves securing, maintaining, and controlling life.
By examining the society depicted in Never Let Me Go, the research will investigate how biopolitical practices have influenced and shaped that fictional world.
This analysis will provide insights into the impact of biopolitics on the individuals and the broader social dynamics portrayed in the novel.

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