Foucault's Analysis of Modern Governmentality: A Critique of Political Reason

Hardback

Main Details

Title Foucault's Analysis of Modern Governmentality: A Critique of Political Reason
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Thomas Lemke
Translated by Erik Butler
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:464
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 163
Category/GenrePhilosophy
Western philosophy from c 1900 to now
Social and political philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9781788732512
ClassificationsDewey:320.01
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Verso Books
Imprint Verso Books
Publication Date 26 February 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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".

Author Biography

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.