| Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France 1977--1978 Contributor(s): Foucault, Michel (Author), Senellart, Michel (Editor), Burchell, Graham (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0312203608 ISBN-13: 9780312203603 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Picador is proud to publish the fifth volume in Foucault's prestigious, groundbreaking series of lectures at the College de France from 1970 to 1984 Marking a major development in Foucault's thinking, this book takes as its starting point the notion of "biopower," studying the foundations of this new technology of power over populations. Distrinct from punitive disciplinary systems, the mechanisms of power are here finely entwined with the technologies of security. But in this volume, Foucault beings to turn his attention to the history of "governmentality," shifting from the question of biopower to that of government. In light of Foucault's later work, these lectures illustrate a radical turning point at which the transition to the problematic of the "government of self and others" would begin. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 320.1 |
| Series: Lectures at the College de France |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.78 lbs) 464 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Marking a major development in Foucault's thinking, this book takes as its starting point the notion of biopower, studying the foundations of this new technology of power over populations. Distinct from punitive disciplinary systems, the mechanisms of power are here finely entwined with the technologies of security. In this volume, though, Foucault begins to turn his attention to the history of governmentality, from the first centuries of the Christian era to the emergence of the modern nation state--shifting the center of gravity of the lectures from the question of biopower to that of government. In light of Foucault's later work, these lectures illustrate a radical turning point at which the transition to the problematic of the government of self and others would begin. |
Contributor Bio(s): Foucault, Michel: - Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was acknowledged as the preeminent philosopher of France in the 1970s and 1980s, and continues to have enormous impact throughout the world in many disciplines. His books include The Government of Self and Others, The Courage of Truth, The Birth of Biopolitics, and The Punitive Society. Ewald, Francois: - ...Davidson, Arnold I.: -Arnold I. Davidson (Editor) is the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, and Professor of the History of Political Philosophy at the University of Pisa. He is co-editor of the volume Michel Foucault: Philosophie. He lives in Chicago. Senellart, Michel: - ...Burchell, Graham: -Graham Burchell (Translator) is the translator, and has written essays on Michel Foucault. He is an Editor of The Foucault Effect. |