The quote can be find on p. 326 of "Sécurité, Territoire, Population",
which is the "Cours of 1977-1978 at the college de France
It is an element of Foucault's lengthy discussion of the police and the so called Polizeiwissenschaft in which he presents among others the book of Turquet (which dates 1611) as an early example of a completely rationalized administration
"Tuquet de Mayerne commence par définir la police comme "tout ce qui doit donner ...ornement, forme et splendeur de la cité. C'est l'ordre
de tout ce qu'on pourrait voir" dans la cité. Par consequent, la police c'est bien, pris à ce niveau-là, exactement l'art de gouverner tout entier."
machiel karskens
At 05:56 11-8-2005, you wrote:
Prof. Machiel Karskens
social and political philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands
It is an element of Foucault's lengthy discussion of the police and the so called Polizeiwissenschaft in which he presents among others the book of Turquet (which dates 1611) as an early example of a completely rationalized administration
"Tuquet de Mayerne commence par définir la police comme "tout ce qui doit donner ...ornement, forme et splendeur de la cité. C'est l'ordre
de tout ce qu'on pourrait voir" dans la cité. Par consequent, la police c'est bien, pris à ce niveau-là, exactement l'art de gouverner tout entier."
machiel karskens
At 05:56 11-8-2005, you wrote:
Talking about Hardt & Negri's appropriation of Foucault... (Which
isn't, in my mind, an appropriation of Foucault as such, but rather of
Deleuze's Foucault -- the differences are significant.) H&N begin the
chapter on Foucault in Empire ("Biopolitical Production") with an
unsourced passage:
"The ?police? appears as an administration heading the state, together
with the judiciary, the army, and the exchequer. True. Yet in fact, it
embraces everything else. Turqet says so: ?It branches out into all of
the people?s conditions, everything they do or undertake. Its field
comprises the judiciary, finance, and the army.? The policeincludes
everything." (p.22)
I assume they have taken it from tape recordings of a College de France
lecture, possibly from "Security, Territory, Population", but I'm not
entirely sure. The pace of the quote feels like a lecture, but I'm not
sure it is one I've read. Anyone know where it is from with any
certainty? (If memory serves, they cite "Birth of Biopolitics" tapes
in The Labor of Dionysus.)
cm.
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Prof. Machiel Karskens
social and political philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands