You may be right. I haven't read Taming of Chance in a while but I
remember it as more of a genealogy/study of a scientific-mathematical
concept and it's socio-political implications, in the spirit of
Foucault rather than a commentary on Foucault and biopower. I
recommended Rewriting the Soul for an direct discussion. But yes,
Taming of Chance is important, especially for an interest in
governmentality. And yes, it is represented by a brief essay/excerpt
in The Foucault Effect: How to Do a History of Statistics.
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:04 AM, David McInerney <vagabond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well I do actually think that The Taming of Chance has a lot more in it on this theme of biopower and the avalanche of printed numbers than the book Martin posted a link to, even if it doesn't constitute an extended discussion of Foucault. Depends on what one is looking for.
>
> His book on Representing and Intervening is the main one I have read, but I do own a copy of the Taming of Chance somewhere. I seem to remember an essay in The Foucault Effect on the theme as well
>
>
> On 01/03/2012, at 3:51 PM, Chathan Vemuri wrote:
>
>> The Taming of Chance didn't actually seem to have much on Foucault per
>> say so much as a Foucaultianesque analysis of socio-political
>> statistics in the vein of Les Mots and the later governmentality
>> lectures years before they were actually released in French and
>> English. Rewriting the Soul, however, discusses Foucault and biopower
>> more explicitly, proposing to complement his two-pronged model of
>> anato-power and biopower with a model of "memoro-politics" or
>> "memoro-power" if you will. I suppose you'll find the gist of his
>> argument from that paper in there.
>>
>> On 2/29/12, David McInerney <vagabond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I don't have it but I suspect his book The Taming of Chance repeats its
>>> arguments
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/03/2012, at 12:36 PM, Michael Andrew Babb wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently looking for a reference:
>>>> Hacking, I. (1982). Biopower and the avalanche of printed numbers.
>>>> Humanities in Society, 5, 279-295.
>>>>
>>>> I've read people working with Foucault's ideas and I've seen Hacking cited
>>>> for his work on statistics. I'd like to read what Hacking has to say about
>>>> biopower. Unfortunately, my library does not have access to the back
>>>> catalog of Humanities in Society.
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody have a digital copy of the article?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much,
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
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remember it as more of a genealogy/study of a scientific-mathematical
concept and it's socio-political implications, in the spirit of
Foucault rather than a commentary on Foucault and biopower. I
recommended Rewriting the Soul for an direct discussion. But yes,
Taming of Chance is important, especially for an interest in
governmentality. And yes, it is represented by a brief essay/excerpt
in The Foucault Effect: How to Do a History of Statistics.
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:04 AM, David McInerney <vagabond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well I do actually think that The Taming of Chance has a lot more in it on this theme of biopower and the avalanche of printed numbers than the book Martin posted a link to, even if it doesn't constitute an extended discussion of Foucault. Depends on what one is looking for.
>
> His book on Representing and Intervening is the main one I have read, but I do own a copy of the Taming of Chance somewhere. I seem to remember an essay in The Foucault Effect on the theme as well
>
>
> On 01/03/2012, at 3:51 PM, Chathan Vemuri wrote:
>
>> The Taming of Chance didn't actually seem to have much on Foucault per
>> say so much as a Foucaultianesque analysis of socio-political
>> statistics in the vein of Les Mots and the later governmentality
>> lectures years before they were actually released in French and
>> English. Rewriting the Soul, however, discusses Foucault and biopower
>> more explicitly, proposing to complement his two-pronged model of
>> anato-power and biopower with a model of "memoro-politics" or
>> "memoro-power" if you will. I suppose you'll find the gist of his
>> argument from that paper in there.
>>
>> On 2/29/12, David McInerney <vagabond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I don't have it but I suspect his book The Taming of Chance repeats its
>>> arguments
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/03/2012, at 12:36 PM, Michael Andrew Babb wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently looking for a reference:
>>>> Hacking, I. (1982). Biopower and the avalanche of printed numbers.
>>>> Humanities in Society, 5, 279-295.
>>>>
>>>> I've read people working with Foucault's ideas and I've seen Hacking cited
>>>> for his work on statistics. I'd like to read what Hacking has to say about
>>>> biopower. Unfortunately, my library does not have access to the back
>>>> catalog of Humanities in Society.
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody have a digital copy of the article?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much,
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Foucault-L mailing list
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> 900 58th Street
>> West Des Moines, IA 50266
>> chathan-vemuri@xxxxxxxxx
>> (319)-512-9318
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>
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