Foucault, Michel
The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-1979
- ISBN 13:
- 9780312203412
- author:
- Foucault, Michel
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Picador USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 20.3 x 13.7 x 2.8 cm
- Genre:
- History & Theory - General
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The Birth of Biopolitics Lectures at the Collège de France, 1978--1979 Michel Foucault's lectures on biopolitics, delivered at the Collège de France in 1978 and 1979, offer a profound analysis of the forms of liberal governmentality. In this volume, Foucault examines how eighteenth-century political economy gave rise to a new governmental rationality, one that seeks to govern by governing less, in accordance with the naturalness of the phenomena to be governed. Foucault's work raises important questions about the role and status of neo-liberalism in twentieth-century politics, and continues to be relevant in contemporary debates about social policy and political philosophy. This book provides a direct and conversational exploration of these themes, offering insights into the development of modern governmentality.
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