ENGLISH

The government of life : Foucault, biopolitics, and neoliberalism

By Foucault , Miguel , Michel; Francesco Paolo Adorno , ; Lemm , Vanessa; Vatter

Book information

Publisher
Fordham University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780823261390, 0823261395
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1764175 bytes)
Series
Forms of living
Pages
304\304
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
-- 1926-1984. Neoliberalism. Biopolitics.FoucaultMichel

Description

This volume focuses on the relation that Foucault established between the ideas of biopower and biopolitics and the studies of governmentality in his last Courses at the Collège de France and in his occasional writings of this period. The essays in this volume adopt and contribute to Foucault's analysis of biopolitics as a guiding thread to understand why liberalism and neoliberalism is a 'government of life'. Abstract: An examination of Foucault's last thought, centered on his ideas about biopolitics, governmentality, and subjectivity. This volume aims to explain why the politics and policies of neoliberalism are best understood as a "government of life" whose effects and consequences still remain to be fathomed. Read more...

Similar books