Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France 1977--1978

Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France 1977--1978 - Paperback

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Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France 1977--1978 - Paperback

Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France 1977--1978 - Paperback

by Michel Foucault
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Book Overview

by Michel Foucault (Author), Michel Senellart (Editor), Graham Burchell (Translator)

Marking a major development in Michel Foucault's thinking, Security, Territory, Population 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.

Author Biography

Michael Foucault, acknowledged as the preeminent philosopher of France in the 1970s and 1980s, continues to have enormous impact throughout the world in many disciplines.

Number of Pages: 464
Dimensions: 0.76 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: February 03, 2009
ISBN9780312203603
Author Michel Foucault
PublisherPicador USA
GenreNews & politics and Philosophy
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages464
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Michel Foucault

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