The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1978--1979

Michel Foucault

Picador, Mar 2, 2010 - Philosophy - 368 pages

Picador is proud to publish the sixth volume in Foucault's prestigious, groundbreaking series of lectures at the Collège de France from 1970 to 1984

The Birth of Biopolitics continues to pursue the themes of Foucault's lectures from Security, Territory, Population. Having shown how eighteenth-century political economy marks the birth of a new governmental rationality--seeking maximum effectiveness by governing less and in accordance with the naturalness of the phenomena to be governed--Michel Foucault undertakes a detailed analysis of the forms of this liberal governmentality. In a direct and conversational tone, this book raises questions of political philosophy and social policy that are at the heart of current debates about the role and status of neo-liberalism in twentieth century politics.

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Review: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-79: The Birth of Biopolitics (Lectures at the Collège de France)

User Review  - Yongtaek - Goodreads

Excellent analysis about the neo-liberal governmentality! Above all decisive differentia between German neo-liberalism(ordoliberalism) and American neo-liberalism. Röpke said:“Competition is a ...

Review: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-79: The Birth of Biopolitics (Lectures at the Collège de France)

User Review  - Chris - Goodreads

These lectures are excellent because in them we find Foucault draw on his ideas about power and bio-politics to analyze contemporary political scene in a way in which we do not find in any of his other major works.

About the author

MICHEL FOUCAULT, acknowledged as the preeminent philosopher of France in the 1970s and 1980s, continues to have enormous impact throughout the world in many disciplines. Translated by Graham Burchell.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1978--1979; Volume 5 of Lectures at the Collège de France
• Author: Michel Foucault
• Editors: Michel Senellart, Francois Ewald
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Picador, 2010
• ISBN: 0312203411, 9780312203412
• Length: 368 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / Political; Political Science / American Government / General; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism; Political Science / World / European; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects