In the Birth of Biopolitics, Foucault tells the story of how, in the Western civilization, the task of figuring out what's good or bad for society has moved from one organ to another. He mentions the 16th century's "reason of state", the physiocrats laissez-faire
"Having official institutions that study and acknowledge discrimination against an outgroup is pretty unusual" -> by definition, if they do that, it's not an outgroup. ISIS is an outgroup.
"Having official institutions that study and acknowledge discrimination against an outgroup is pretty unusual" -> by definition, if they do that, it's not an outgroup. ISIS is an outgroup.