Consider also Nicos Poulantzas' State, Power, Socialism (1979), in which
he argued that political power always 'acts at a distance' with respect
to subordinate classes. Perhaps a vague Althusserian influence on
both Poulantzas and Foucault?
Roger.
> rose and miller (1992) and rose (1990; 1996) used latour's (1986) notion
> of "acting at a distance" to explain different strategies of liberal modes
> of governance.
>
> is this what you are referring to?
>
> Rose, Nikolas. (1990). Governing the Soul: The Shaping of the
> Private Self. London: Routledge.
> Rose, Nikolas. (1996). Inventing Ourselves: Psychology, Power and
> Personhood. Cambridge: University Press.
> Rose, Nikolas & Peter Miller. (1992). Political Power Beyond the
> State: Problematics of Government. British Journal of Sociology, 43:2,
> June, 173-205.
> Latour, Bruno. (1986). Visual Cognition: Thinking with Hands and
> Eyes. In H. Kulick (Ed.) Knowledge and Society Volume 6. Houston: Rice
> University Press.
>
> best,
> heidi
>
> On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Lisa Mae Hennon wrote:
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> > I don't know where the phrase "government at a distance" originated. I
> > believe Nikolas Rose used it in 1996 in his chapter "Governing 'advanced'
> > liberal democracies" in _Foucault and political reason: liberalism,
> > neo-liberalism and rtionalities of government_ (Barry, Osborne and Rose
> > editors). I assume the phrase was picked up from Foucault, but I don't know
> > where.
> >
> > At 08:56 AM 2/7/00 +1000, you wrote:
> > >can anyone please advise where the phrase "government at a distance"
> > >originated and in which publication does Foucault use it? I have checked
> > >both D&P and the Foucault Effect, without being able to locate it
> > >Regards,
> > >Diane
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