From Resistance to Government

Foucault's Lectures 1976–1979

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ID23251925
AutoresPaul Patton (0000-0002-9005-2095, UNSW Sydney, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Páginas172-188
Data de publicação2013-03-12
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoOTHER
PeriódicoA Companion to Foucault (JOURNAL)
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118324905.ch7
OpenAlexW1509145418
ISBN9781118324905
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas5

Interviews formed an integral part of Foucault's work alongside and complementary to the published works. It is primarily in interviews that he elaborates on the implications of his historical studies for thinking about the problems raised by social and political movements. Like his published books, Foucault's lectures sought to engage with the social, political, and intellectual present in which they were presented. In this sense, they are closer to the interviews. This chapter focuses on the developments in his thinking about power as these are displayed in his lectures between 1976 and 1979. It also discusses the role of strategy in relations of power. Building on the centrality of freedom to this concept of power as action on the actions of others, Foucault asserts that there is an intransigence of freedom and a corresponding "agonism" at the heart of power relations.

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