A Foucault for the 21st century : governmentality, biopolitics and discipline in the new millennium / edited by Sam Binkley and Jorge Capetillo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Binkley, Sam, 1963-

Capetillo Ponce, Jorge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984--Influence.

Foucault, Michel.

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984--Political and social views.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How relevant is Foucault's social thought to the world we inhabit today? This collection comprises several essays considering the contemporary relevance of the work of Michel Foucault. While Foucault is best remembered for his historical inquiries into the origins of "disciplinary" society in a period extending from the 16th to the 19th centuries, it seems that today, under the conditions of global modernity, the relevance of his ideas are called into question. Other the increasing ubiquity...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; SECTION I; A GENEALOGY OF HOMO-ECONOMICUS; A SEVENTIES THING; BEYOND STATE POLITICS; SECTION II; ARTS OF LIFE, ARTS OF RESISTANCE; THE FINAL FOUCAULT; THE CONCEPT OF SUBJECTIVATION; SECTION III; BIOPOLITICS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE PSYCHIATRIC SUBJECT; MICHEL FOUCAULT'S INFLUENCE ON THE THOUGHT OF GIORGIO AGAMBEN; BIOPOWER - A SLIP OF THE POLEMICAL MIND; FOUCAULT'S DELEUZE; OR, ON THE INCORPOREALITY OF TRANSFORMATION IN FOUCAULT; SECTION IV; THE SHEPHERD, THE MARKETER AND THE ACTUARY; DISCIPLINE-SOVEREIGNTY-EDUCATION; SECTION V

DISCIPLINING THE OTHERTHE BIRTH OF CANADIAN BORDER SECURITY/SÉCURITÉ; FOUCAULT FOR THE NEXT CENTURY; SECTION VI; TECHNOLOGIES OF THE BODY, TECHNOLOGIES OF THE SELF; NEOLIBERAL PRISONS; SECTION VII; WHEN LIFE WILL NO LONGER BARTER ITSELF; "POLITICAL SPIRITUALITY," "REVOLUTION," AND THE LIMITS OF POLITICS; SECTION VIII; REGULATION AND DISCIPLINE IN THE GENOMIC AGE; GENOME SAMPLING AND THE BIOPOLITICS OF RACE; INFO-WAR AS THE INTERFACE OF BIOPOLITICS; SECTION IX; ALIMENTARY ETHICS IN THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY AND NBC'S THE BIGGEST LOSER

THE CONSUMER HERMENEUTICS OF THE SELF AND MODERN COMPULSORY HAPPINESS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-19004-0

9786612190049

1-4438-0466-5

OCLC:

816311944