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Foucault on Politics, Society and War interrogates Foucault's controversial genealogy of modern biopolitics. By insisting on 'life' as the key referent of power in the modern age, Foucault argues that politics grounds society in war, specifically race war, in ways that come to threaten the very human existence it is pledged to promote. These essays situate Foucault's arguments, clarify the correlation of sovereign- and bio-power and examine the relation of bios, nomos and race in relation to modern war.
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Foucault on Politics, Security and War Edited by Michael Dillon and Andrew W. Neal Foucault on Politics, Security and War Also by Michael Dillon POLITICS OF SECURITY: Towards a Political Philosophy of Continental Thought THE LIBERAL WAY OF WAR: Killing to Make Life Live Also by Andrew W. Neal EXCEPTIONALISM AND THE POLITICS OF COUNTER-TERRORISM: Liberty, Security and the War on Terror Foucault on Politics, Security and War Edited by Michael Dillon and Andrew W. Neal © Michael Dillon and Andrew W. Neal 2008 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin's Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN-13: 978–1–4039–9904–7 ISBN-10: 1–4039–9904–X This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Foucault on politics, security and war / edited by Michael Dillon and Andrew W. Neal. p. cm. ISBN 978–1–4039–9904–7 1. Political science – Philosophy. 2. Foucault, Michel, 1926–1984 – Influence. 3. Foucault, Michel, 1926–1984 – Political and social views. 4. Foucault, Michel, 1926–1984. I. Dillon, Michael, 1945– II. Neal, Andrew W., 1978– JA71.F598 2008 320.092—dc22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne 2008020801 Contents Acknowledgements vii Notes on contributors viii Introduction Michael Dillon and Andrew W. Neal 1 Part I Situating Foucault 1 Strategies for Waging Peace: Foucault as Collaborateur Stuart Elden Part II 2 3 21 Politics, Sovereignty, Violence Goodbye War on Terror? Foucault and Butler on Discourses of Law, War and Exceptionalism Andrew W. Neal 43 Life Struggles: War, Discipline and Biopolitics i