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The Birth Of Biopolitics: Lectures At The College De France, 1978-1979 (2004)

by Michel Foucault(Favorite Author)

4.24 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1403986541 (ISBN13: 9781403986542)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

review 1: Tough to follow at times, but rewarding. Though I will note: the title is quite misleading. Foucault spends most of his time going over his own vision of the economic history of the 20th century, particularly discussing the development of ordoliberalism in Germany. The notion of 'biopolitics' is only really touched on for a few pages before Foucault apologizes, says he's wasted too much time on economic history, and then returns to more economic history. Despite this, it's still a supremely thorough, exciting, and wholly-Foucaultian venture of a read.
review 2: If you want to know about biopolitics, this is not really the book to read. Foucault spent the majority of this semester detailing the ways in which his studies of liberalism, ordoliberlaism, and neolibe... moreralism set the stage for his notion of biopolitics, but he doesn't actually get around to lecturing about biopolitics. Nonetheless, a fascinating read for anyone interested in "regimes of veridiction," as institutionalized systems of legitimate knowledge production and the effect this has on individuals and society in general. less

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