The quote is from the overview of the course of
1979, that was written afterwards and published
in the Annuaire of the Collège de France. The
Course itself is much more interestiing, it is translated now in English
yours,
machiel karskens
At 00:10 19-4-2009, you wrote:
Prof. Machiel Karskens
social and political philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands
yours,
machiel karskens
At 00:10 19-4-2009, you wrote:
In his article on biopolitics, Thomas Lemke quotes Foucault on the connection between biopolitics and liberalism:
'[Foucault] stresses that the problems of biopolitics ?cannot be
separated from the frame of political rationality, in which they
appeared and were aggravated. Especially not from ?liberalism?, since
by referring to this rationality they got the form of a provocation.
How can the phenomenon of the ?population? with its specific effects
and problems be taken into account by a system that endorses the
respect for a subject of rights and for the freedom of choice? In whose
name and by what rules may they be governed?? (Dits et Escrits: 818, translation T.L.; see also 822-3).
Can anyone tell me what the source text of this quote is (as indicated above, it's Lemke's translation). This sounds like it came from the 1979 Birth of Biopolitics lectures.
The answer to the question Foucault posed, by the way, is civil society.
Jason R. Weidner
PhD. candidate, Department of International Relations
Florida International University
Miami, FL USA
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Prof. Machiel Karskens
social and political philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands