The point we want to make is that the objective existence of bodies whose energies can be measured and administered under capitalism should be understood in the context of the effects of historically specific modes of administration and measurement. This is not to say that the body is simply a construction, but rather that bodies and techniques of administration and measure all arise out of dynamic matter as parts of a network of capital and scientific discourse. Given this, we are proposing that the body-as-organism is generated by a system of measurement and administration that does not adequately characterize the workings of capitalist economy and governance at this time.