Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France 1977--1978 (Michel Foucault Lectures at the Collège de France, 6)

"Marking a major development in Foucault's thinking, this book takes as its starting point the notion of "biopower," studying the foundations of this new technology of power over populations. Distinct from punitive disciplinary systems, the mechanisms of power are here finely entwined with the technologies of security. In this volume, though, Foucault begins to turn his attention to the history of "governmentality," from the first centuries of the Christian era to the emergence of the modern nation state - shifting the center of gravity of the lectures from the question of biopower to that of government. In light of Foucault's later work, these lectures illustrate a radical turning point at which the transition to the problematic of the "government of self and others" would begin."--Back cover "Marking a major development in Foucault's thinking, this book takes as its starting point the notion of "biopower," studying the foundations of this new technology of power over populations. Distinct from punitive disciplinary systems, the mechanisms of power are here finely entwined with the technologies of security. In this volume, though, Foucault begins to turn his attention to the history of "governmentality," from the first centuries of the Christian era to the emergence of the modern nation state - shifting the center of gravity of the lectures from the question of biopower to that of government. In light of Foucault's later work, these lectures illustrate a radical turning point at which the transition to the problematic of the "government of self and others" would begin."--Jacket Cover 1 Contents 6 Foreword 14 Introduction 19 One: 11 January 1978 36 Two: 18 January 1978 64 Three: 25 January 1978 90 Four: 1 February 1978 122 Five: 8 February 1978 150 Six: 15 February 1978 170 Seven: 22 February 1978 198 Eight: 1 March 1978 226 Nine: 8 March 1978 262 Ten: 15 March 1978 290 Eleven: 22 March 1978 320 Twelve: 29 March 1978 346 Thirteen: 5 April 1978 368 Course Summary 398 Course Context 404 Name Index 438 A 438 B 438 C 438 D 439 E 439 F 440 G 440 H 440 I 440 J 440 K 441 L 441 M 441 N 442 O 442 P 442 Q 442 R 442 S 443 T 443 U 443 V 443 W 443 X 443 Z 443 Subject Index 444 A 444 B 444 C 444 D 446 E 446 F 446 G 447 H 447 I 447 J 447 L 447 M 447 N 448 O 448 P 448 R 450 S 450 T 451 U 452 W 452 "Marking a major development in Foucault's thinking, this book derives from the lecture course which he gave at the College de France between January and April, 1978. Taking as his starting point the notion of "bio-power," introduced both in his 1976 course Society Must be Defended and in the first volume of his History of Sexuality, Foucault sets out to study the emergence of this new technology of power over population."--Jacket.