There is a paper by Alan Michberg and Alan Rosenberg, 'Marxism and
Governmentality Studies: Towards a Critical Encounter' (Rethinking Marxism,
14:1, Spring 2002, 132-142) that treats 'governmentality studies' as a
school. I can't remember the particulars of the paper and I don't have a
copy of it. The editors provide the following summary (these are available
from the guiford/ingenta website, under the guise of 'table of contents in
original format'):
"Alan Milchman and Alan Rosenberg prepare the
ground for a critical encounter between antiessentialist Marxism (of the
sort that RM
has long championed) and the governmentality approach inspired by the work
of
Michel Foucault. Governmentality studies, in brief, represent an attempt to
shift the
focus of political theory from questions of sovereignty to government: the
effort to
direct human conduct (which includes, but is not limited to, actions of the
state),
especially within liberal-democratic societies. For Milchman and Rosenberg,
an
examination of the 'mechanisms, instruments, procedures, and techniques
through
which governance is achieved' and the genealogical procedure of 'describing
the
historically contingent conditions that have produced . . . our prevailing
regimes of
practices of government' should be of interest to antiessentialist Marxists
precisely
because they illuminate 'elements of power and rule in modern society' that,
until
now, Marxism has failed to grasp."
Milchman and Rosenberg edited _Martin Heidegger and the Holocaust_
(Prometheus, 1996) and _Foucault and Heidegger: Critical Encounters_ (Uni of
Minnesota, 2003).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ali Rizvi" <ali_m_rizvi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Governmentality of School
>
> Hi
>
> The work of theorists who have studied liberal modes of governance in the
> wake of Foucault's
>
> lectures on governmenatlity and liberal modes of governance are some time
> loosely referred to as
>
> 'governmentality school' (Rose et al). My question is there any
recognition
> of them as a school in
>
> any non metaphoric sense and if so does this fact recognised in
literature?
> Are there any emerging criticism of them as a school?
>
> Any help or comments greatly appreciated
>
> regards
> ali
>
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Governmentality Studies: Towards a Critical Encounter' (Rethinking Marxism,
14:1, Spring 2002, 132-142) that treats 'governmentality studies' as a
school. I can't remember the particulars of the paper and I don't have a
copy of it. The editors provide the following summary (these are available
from the guiford/ingenta website, under the guise of 'table of contents in
original format'):
"Alan Milchman and Alan Rosenberg prepare the
ground for a critical encounter between antiessentialist Marxism (of the
sort that RM
has long championed) and the governmentality approach inspired by the work
of
Michel Foucault. Governmentality studies, in brief, represent an attempt to
shift the
focus of political theory from questions of sovereignty to government: the
effort to
direct human conduct (which includes, but is not limited to, actions of the
state),
especially within liberal-democratic societies. For Milchman and Rosenberg,
an
examination of the 'mechanisms, instruments, procedures, and techniques
through
which governance is achieved' and the genealogical procedure of 'describing
the
historically contingent conditions that have produced . . . our prevailing
regimes of
practices of government' should be of interest to antiessentialist Marxists
precisely
because they illuminate 'elements of power and rule in modern society' that,
until
now, Marxism has failed to grasp."
Milchman and Rosenberg edited _Martin Heidegger and the Holocaust_
(Prometheus, 1996) and _Foucault and Heidegger: Critical Encounters_ (Uni of
Minnesota, 2003).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ali Rizvi" <ali_m_rizvi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Governmentality of School
>
> Hi
>
> The work of theorists who have studied liberal modes of governance in the
> wake of Foucault's
>
> lectures on governmenatlity and liberal modes of governance are some time
> loosely referred to as
>
> 'governmentality school' (Rose et al). My question is there any
recognition
> of them as a school in
>
> any non metaphoric sense and if so does this fact recognised in
literature?
> Are there any emerging criticism of them as a school?
>
> Any help or comments greatly appreciated
>
> regards
> ali
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today!
> http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband
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