Political Theology World Religions

Biopolitics and Vajrayana Buddhism, Part 1 (Padraic Fitzgerald)

The following is the first of a 3-part series. Biopolitics, as Michel Foucault argued, views populations through an economic lens, as capital to be preserved and multiplied to keep the nation or tradition afloat and strong. In the secular sphere, this concerns keeping the population healthy, numerous, and reproducing, largely through the promotion of an […]