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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 highlight the differences as well as possible convergences with alternative theoretical frameworks. By assembling authors with a wide range of different disciplinary backgrounds, from philosophy, literature, political science, sociology to medical anthropology, the book offers a fresh perspective on studies of governmentality.
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Governmentality Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought For a full list of titles in this series, please visit www.routledge.com 31. Hermeneutic Dialogue and Social Science A Critique of Gadamer and Habermas Austin Harrington 41. Tocqueville’s Moral and Political Thought New Liberalism M.R.R. Ossewaarde 32. Methodological Individualism Background, History and Meaning Lars Udehn 42. Adam Smith’s Political Philosophy The Invisible Hand and Spontaneous Order Craig Smith 33. John Stuart Mill and Freedom of Expression The Genesis of a Theory K.C. O’Rourke 34. The Politics of Atrocity and Reconciliation From Terror to Trauma Michael Humphrey 35. Marx and Wittgenstein Knowledge, Morality, Politics Edited by Gavin Kitching and Nigel Pleasants 36. The Genesis of Modernity Arpad Szakolczai 37. Ignorance and Liberty Lorenzo Infantino 43. Social and Political Ideas of Mahatma Gandi Bidyut Chakrabarty 44. Counter-Enlightenments From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Graeme Garrard 45. The Social and Political Thought of George Orwell A Reassessment Stephen Ingle 46. Habermas Rescuing the Public Sphere Pauline Johnson 38. Deleuze, Marx and Politics Nicholas Thoburn 47. The Politics and Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott Stuart Isaacs 39. The Structure of Social Theory Anthony King 48. Pareto and Political Theory Joseph Femia 40. Adorno, Habermas and the Search for a Rational Society Deborah Cook 49. German Political Philosophy The Metaphysics of Law Chris Thornhill 50. The Sociology of Elites Michael Hartmann 51. Deconstructing Habermas Lasse Thomassen 52. Young Citizens and New Media Learning for Democractic Participation Edited by Peter Dahlgren 53. Gambling, Freedom and Democracy Peter J. Adams 54. The Quest for Jewish Assimilation in Modern Social Science Amos Morris-Reich 55. Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Law William E. Scheuerman 56. Hegemony Studies in Consensus and Coercion Edited by Richard Howson and Kylie Smith 57. Governmentality, Biopower, and Everyday Life Majia Holmer Nadesan 58. Sustainability and Security within Liberal Societies Learning to Live with the Future Edited by Stephen Gough and Andrew Stables 59. The Mythological State and its Empire David Grant 60. Globalizing Dissent Essays on Arundhat Roy Edited by Ranjan Ghosh and Antonia Navarro-Tejero 61. The Political Philosophy of Michel Foucault Mark G.E. Kelly 62. Democratic Legitimacy Fabienne Peter 63. Edward Said and the Literary, Social, and Political World Edited by Ranjan Ghosh 64. Perspectives on Gramsci Politics, Culture and Social Theory Edited by Joseph Francese 65. Enlightenment Political Thought and Non–Western Societies Sultans and Savages Frederick G. Whelan 66. Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Social Democracy Thin Communitarian Perspectives on Political Philosophy and Education Mark Olssen 67. Oppositional Discourses and Democracies Edited by Michael Huspek 68. The Contemporary Goffman Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen 69. Hemingway on Politics and Rebellion Edited by Lauretta Conklin Frederking 70. Social Theory in Contemporary Asia Ann Brooks 71. Governmentality Current Issues and Future Challenges Ed