Vernon W. Cisney and Nicolae Morar (eds.) - Biopower: Foucault and Beyond

Nicolae and Vernon would like to express their gratitude to the following people, without whom this project would never have been possible.

First, we would like to thank our contributors for their excellent essays. They have continually supported our ambitious project and truly shaped this volume. We would also like to thank the two anonymous reviewers. Their generous advice and suggestions for topics and contributors were indispensable in strengthening this work into a solid and rounded collection.

In addition, there are three people to whom we are deeply indebted. To Arnold Davidson, we greatly appreciate your support. You expressed faith in this project from its inception and helped us secure outstanding contributors whom, lets face it, we otherwise would not have gotten. Thank you. Next, Daniel W. Smith, you have been with us since this projects inception. In addition to your guidance, you have been and remain a genuine friend and an inspiration. Thank you. To Leonard Lawlor, few words can capture the gratitude that we feel for your constant support and friendship. You introduced Vernon to the concept of biopower and have advised us through the development of this project. Thank you.

Thank you to the editorial staff at the University of Chicago Press. To Elizabeth Branch Dyson, thank you for your willingness in 2010 to take a chance on two graduate students from Purdue University. Thank you also to Nora Devlin, Kelly Finefrock-Creed, Lisa Wehrle, Ryo Yamaguchi, and the countless typesetters, designers, marketers, and folks behind the scenes who have helped us bring this project to fruition.

Nicolae would like to thank Ted Toadvine, Colin Koopman, and all the members of the Critical Genealogies Collaboratory for their constant encouragements and feedback on early drafts of this book project. Special thanks also to Sebastian Big for having initiated me into reading Michel Foucault.

Vernon would like to thank Steve Gimbel, Kerry Walters, Lisa Portmess, Gary Mullen, Dan DeNicola, and Carol Priest for their support, encouragement, and friendship.

Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank our families. Vernon would like to thank his wife, Jody, and their two children, Jacob and Hayley. Jody, for your strength, your unwavering encouragement, love, and support, I thank you; I would not be me without you. Jacob and Hayley, in addition to being two amazing people, you give me countless reasons to smile and are my constant reminders as to why I do what I do; thank you.

Nicolae is always reminded that few things in his life would have been possible without Ancas love and endless support. Words are often poor and bounded to capture my wholehearted thank you.