The Birth of Bio-Politics : Michel Foucaults Lecture at the College de France on Neo-Liberal Govern Mentality

By Lemke, Thomas

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Economics

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This paper focuses on Foucault?s analysis of two forms of neo-liberalism in his lecture of 1979 at the College de France: German post-War liberalism and the liberalism of the Chicago School. Since the course is available only on audio-tapes at the Foucault archive in Paris, the larger part of the text presents a comprehensive reconstruction of the main line of argumentation, citing previously unpublished source material. The nal section offers a short discussion of the methodological and theoretical principles underlying the concept of governmentality and the critical political angle it provides for an analysis of contemporary neo-liberalism. Keywords: Foucault; neo-liberalism; governmentality; state; technologies of the self. From 1970 until his death in 1984, Michel Foucault held the Chair of ?History of Systems of Thought? at the College de France.1 In his public lectures delivered each Wednesday from early January through to the end of March/beginning of April, he reported on his research goals and ndings, presenting unpublished material and new conceptual and theoretical research tools. Many of the ideas developed there were later to be taken up in his various book projects. However, he was in fact never to elaborate in writing on some of the research angles he presented there. Foucault?s early and unexpected death meant...

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The Birth of Bio-Politics : Michel Foucaults Lecture at the College de France on Neo-Liberal Govern Mentality

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Lemke, Thomas

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Economics, Finance & business, World Bank.

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The World Bank

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