Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the College de France 1977--1978

Marking a major development in Foucault's thinking, this book takes as its starting point the notion of "biopower," studying the foundations of this new technology of power over populations. Distrinct from punitive disciplinary systems, the mechanisms of power are here finely entwined with the technologies of security. In this volume, though, Foucault begins to turn his attention to the history of "governmentality," from the first centuries of the Christian era to the emergence of the modern nation state--shifting the center of gravity of the lectures from the question of biopower to that of government. In light of Foucault's later work, these lectures illustrate a radical turning point at which the transition to the problematic of the "government of self and others" would begin.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-24-2008; Definately worth the effort; I wish I had got around to reading this much sooner. "Security, Territory, Population" is one in a series of lectures Foucault delivered at the College de France. I started here to find out more about Foucault's development of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-31-2007; Can I quote from a lecture?; This text is as close as you will get to hearing Foucault's voice (unless of course you listen to bootlegs of his lectures or the cassette tapes at the Centre Michel Foucault in Paris). The pauses and silences are evident through the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-21-2007; Indespensible; These are the complete course lectures in which Foucault developed his theory and history of "governmentality" as a discursive threshold of modern society. This volume is critical to any student of Foucault or government in general. To...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-07-2007; Biopower and Governmentality; A must for understanding the notions of biopower, biopolitics, and governmentality in Foucault's corpus.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-24-2008; Definately worth the effort; I wish I had got around to reading this much sooner. "Security, Territory, Population" is one in a series of lectures Foucault delivered at the College de France. I started here to find out more about Foucault's development of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-31-2007; Can I quote from a lecture?; This text is as close as you will get to hearing Foucault's voice (unless of course you listen to bootlegs of his lectures or the cassette tapes at the Centre Michel Foucault in Paris). The pauses and silences are evident through the...; read full review | report as inappropriate