The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-1979 (Lectures at the Collège de France)

<p><b>Picador is proud to publish the sixth volume in Foucault's prestigious, groundbreaking series of lectures at the Collège de France from 1970 to 1984 <br><br></b><i>The Birth of Biopolitics </i>continues to pursue the themes of Foucault's lectures from <i>Security, Territory, </i>Population<i>. </i> Having shown how eighteenth-century political economy marks the birth of a new governmental rationality--seeking maximum effectiveness by governing less and in accordance with the naturalness of the phenomena to be governed--Michel Foucault undertakes a detailed analysis of the forms of this liberal governmentality. In a direct and conversational tone, this book raises questions of political philosophy and social policy that are at the heart of current debates about the role and status of neo-liberalism in twentieth century politics.</p>