The weaponised use of a biological agent in the course of war, has led to the replacement of the thermonuclear warfare with a highly contagious germ warfare. A bio war is a post-modern strategic game in which an interplay of political relations occurs, making it a bio political icon. Through the novel Whiteout, Ken Follett has described the menacing jeopardy of a virus outbreak which generates a network of crises including death politics. The political game of life and death penetrates deep into the idea of bio politics that Foucault describes as a methodology to sustain and maintain life. In this deadly virtual war, panopticism and quarantine is issued to achieve normalcy. As a complex structure that involves political interplay and scientific knowledge, bioterrorism can be highlighted as an extreme version of bio politics.

Les auteurs Sam Thomas K X et Liya Justine travaillent en tant que professeurs assistants au St. Paul's College, Kalamassery. En tant qu'enseignants appartenant au département d'anglais de troisième cycle, ils forment les étudiants en master et en licence de langue et de littérature anglaises.