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The Birth of Biopolitics - (Lectures at the College de France) by Michel Foucault (Paperback)

The Birth of Biopolitics - (Lectures at the College de France) by  Michel Foucault (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>The sixth volume in Foucault's prestigious, groundbreaking series of lectures at the Collège de France from 1970 to 1984.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>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 <p/></b><i>The Birth of Biopolitics </i>continues to pursue the themes of Foucault's lectures from <i>Security, Territory, </i>Population<i>. </i> 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Foucault must be reckoned with by humanists, social scientists, and political activists." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"Foucault has an alert and sensitive mind that can ignore the familiar surfaces of established intellectual codes and ask new questions. . . . He gives dramatic quality to the movement of culture." --<i>The New York Review of Books</i> <p/>"Foucault is quite central to our sense of where we are. . . . [His work carries] out, in the noblest way, the promiscuous aim of true culture." --<i>The Nation</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Michel Foucault </b>(1926-1984) was acknowledged as the preeminent philosopher of France in the 1970s and 1980s, and continues to have enormous impact throughout the world in many disciplines. His books include <i>The Government of Self and Others</i>, <i>The Courage of Truth</i>, <i>The Punitive Society</i>, and <i>Sujectivity and Truth</i>. Translated by Graham Burchell.

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