Foucault's Analysis of Modern Governmentality

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A Critique of Political Reason

By Thomas Lemke

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Foucault's Analysis of Modern Governmentality by Thomas Lemke delves into Michel Foucault's exploration of how governments exert control over populations through various means. The book examines Foucault's theories on power, governance, and societal influence, highlighting the shift from sovereign to disciplinary and ultimately to biopolitical power. Lemke provides an insightful analysis of Foucault's concepts and their relevance to understanding contemporary political dynamics.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the intersection of political theory and modern governance, especially through the lens of Michel Foucault's influential ideas. It explores the complexities of power, control, and societal organisation, offering insights into how contemporary political systems influence individual and collective behaviour. This text serves as both an illuminating introduction and a critical examination for those interested in politics and current affairs.

Foucault's Analysis of Modern Governmentality

Tracking the development of Foucault's key concepts

Tracking the development of Foucault's key concepts

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Lemke offers the most comprehensive and systematic account of Michel Foucault’s work on power and government from 1970 until his death in 1984. He convincingly argues, using material that has only partly been translated into English, that Foucault’s concern with ethics and forms of subjectivation is always already integrated into his political concerns and his analytics of power.

The book also shows how the concept of government was taken up in different lines of research in France before it gave rise to “governmentality studies” in the Anglophone world.

A Critique of Political Reason: Foucault’s Analysis of Modern Governmentality provides a clear and well-structured exposition that is theoretically challenging but also accessible for a wider audience. Thus, the book can be read both as an original examination of Foucault’s concept of government and as a general introduction to his “genealogy of power”.

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Foucault's Analysis of Modern Governmentality by Thomas Lemke is praised for its insightful exploration of Michel Foucault's work on power and political reason. Stuart Elden highlights the book's enduring importance and its examination of Foucault's later work on ethics and government. Wendy Brown appreciates Lemke's intelligent interpretation of Foucault's complex ideas, while it is noted in Foucault Studies that the book remains a valuable contribution to contemporary studies in the field.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786636454

Publisher: Verso Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 February 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Verso Books

Contributors:

Translated by Erik Butler

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 692g

Pages: 464

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About the Author

Thomas Lemke is Heisenberg Professor of sociology at Goethe University, Frankfurt. He has authored widely cited works on social theory, with a focus on governmentality.