This thesis is an attempt of application of what Foucault calls biopower to a contemporary socio-political state in which the climate problem is nestled. I understand the concept of biopower in its broadest sense as a network of relationships in which every individual is integrated. I see the application of biopower in contemporary democratic societies where power is mechanised and dispersed through production of knowledge. I agree with Foucault’s definition of biopower, but I find that it gives us a false sense of political involvement as political subjects, while it simultaneously deprives us of our ability to resist due to its decentralisation. In this network of relationships, I’ve tried to place the environmental problem. Climate science is losing its primary status that it holds as the truth teller, which relativizes other legitimate attempts to tackle climate crisis, in turn putting greater importance on personal responsibility. The devaluation of the scientific consensus and plurality of knowledge is in my opinion the main cause of socio-political stagnation when it comes to tackling climate change.
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