Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought
Rose, Nikolas 19950501 Cambridge University Press,334p.
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■Rose, Nikolas 19950501 Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought,Cambridge University Press,334p. ISBN-10:0521659051 ISBN-13:978-0521659055 $37 [amazon]/[kinokuniya] ※ l03
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内容説明
Powers of Freedom offers a compelling new approach to the analysis of political power which extends Foucault's hypotheses on governmentality in new and challenging ways. Nikolas Rose sets out the key characteristics of this approach to political power and analyses the government of conduct in new fields and in new ways. He analyses the role of expertise, the politics of numbers, technologies of economic management and the political uses of space. He illuminates the relation of this approach to contemporary theories of 'risk society' and 'the sociology of governance'. Uniquely, he argues that freedom is not the opposite of government but one of its key inventions and most significant resources. He also seeks some rapprochement between analyses of government and the concerns of critical sociology, cultural studies and Marxism, to establish a basis for the critique of power and its exercise. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in political theory, sociology, social policy and cultural studies.
Book Description
This book presents an impressive synthesis of an important and influential school of thought, derived from Foucault's writings on governmentality, which extends into new and challenging domains. Nikolas Rose ranges across the many fields on which governmentality theory has been been brought to bear, including expertise, culture and government, economic management, psychology, and community. Unusually, he suggests that freedom is not the opposite of government but one of its key inventions and most significant resources. His book will serve as an intelligent introduction to governmentality for students and scholars alike.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: reframing political thought
1. Governing
2. Freedom
3. The social
4. Advanced liberalism
5. Community
6. Numbers
7. Control
Conclusion: beyond government
Bibliography
Index
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