Governmentality

Current Issues and Future Challenges
Herausgeber: Bröckling, Ulrich; Lemke, Thomas; Krasmann, Susanne

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining questions of statehood, biopolitics, sovereignty, neoliberal reason and the economy, Governmentality explores the advantages and limitations of adopting Michel Foucault's concept of governmentality as an analytical framework. Contributors from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds highlight the differences as well as possible convergences with alternative theoretical frameworks.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415811422
• ISBN-10: 0415811422
• Artikelnr.: 36815220

Autorenporträt

Ulrich Bröckling is Professor for Ethics, Politics and Rhetorics at the University of Leipzig. Susanne Krasmann is Associate Professor at the Institute for Criminological Research at the University of Hamburg. Thomas Lemke is Heisenberg Professor for Sociology with Focus on Biotechnology, Nature and Society at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.

Inhaltsangabe

1. From Foucault's Lectures at the Collège de France to Studies of
Governmentality: An Introduction Ulrich Bröckling, Susanne Krasmann and
Thomas Lemke 2. Relocating the Modern State: Governmentality and the
History of Political Ideas Martin Saar 3. Constituting Another Foucault
Effect: Foucault on States and Statecraft Bob Jessop 4. Governmentalization
of the State: Rousseau's Contribution to the Modern History of
Governmentality Friedrich Balke 5. Government Unlimited: The Security
Dispositif of Illiberal Governmentality Sven Opitz 6. The Right of
Government: Torture and the Rule of Law Susanne Krasmann 7. Foucault and
Frontiers: Notes on the Birth of the Humanitarian Border William Walters
8. Beyond Foucault: From Biopolitics to the Government of Life Thomas Lemke
9. Coming Back to Life: An Anthropological Reassessment of Biopolitics and
Governmentality Didier Fassin 10. The Birth of Lifestyle Politics: The
Biopolitical Management of Lifestyle Diseases in the United States and
Denmark Lars Thorup Larsen 11. Biology, Citizenship and the Government of
Biomedicine: Exploring the Concept of Biological Citizenship Peter Wehling
12. Human Economy, Human Capital: A Critique of Biopolitical Economy
Ulrich Bröckling 13. Decentring the Economy: Governmentality Studies and
Beyond? Urs Stäheli 14. Economy beyond Governmentality: The Limits of
Conduct Ute Tellmann 15. Constructing the Socialized Self: Mobilization and
Control in the "Active Society" Stephan Lessenich