| Edition |
English-language edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 445 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Tracking the development of Foucault's key concepts, 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 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""-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 -- Political and social views.
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Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. (OCoLC)fst01427415
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.
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Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
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Political science -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01069819
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| Added Author |
Butler, Erik, 1971- translator.
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| Added Title |
Kritik der politischen Vernunft. English
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| Spine Title |
Foucault's analysis of modern governmentality |
| ISBN |
9781788732512 hardcover |
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1788732510 hardcover |
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9781786636454 paperback |
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178663645X paperback |
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9781786636447 us ebook |
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1786636441 us ebook |
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