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Foucault and Governmentality
Living to Work in the Age of Control
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2022
Summary
Using empirical research, this book aims to critically analyse the dynamics, culture and forms of subjectivity of neo-liberalism. It draws upon existing historical, sociological and cultural studies to excavate the geneaology of the capitalist subject with specific emphasis on the neo-liberal govern-mental context of the last four decades. Michel Foucault’s notion of governmentality, which he developed in his Collège de France lectures of 1978 and 1979, will be employed as an hermeneutic key to historically situate and critically analyse the regimes of subject-formation characteristic of neo-liberal capitalism. The current crisis in capitalism is surveyed, along with earlier forms of capitalism, and the transition in power from discipline to control is explored. The study concludes by tracing the changing face of Homo Economicus in relation to resistance levelled against neo-liberal capitalism and the resultant metamorphises it has undergone.Drawing upon political philosophy and political economy, Benda Hofmeyr presents a comprehensive Foucaultian analysis and historical contextualisation of the rise of neo-liberal governmentality.
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Edition
1/2022
Copyright Year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-78661-172-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-78661-173-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
184
Product Type
Monograph
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Acknowledgments No access
CHAPTER ONE Living to Work in the Age of Control No access Pages 1 - 16
CHAPTER TWO Foucault’s Analyses of Neoliberal Governmentality No access Pages 17 - 46
CHAPTER THREE Knowledge Work in the Age of Control No access Pages 47 - 76
CHAPTER FOUR The Relation Between Work and Thumos No access Pages 77 - 106
CHAPTER FIVE The Hinge Connecting Work Compulsion and Neoliberal Governmentality No access Pages 107 - 130
CHAPTER SIX The Feasibility of Resistance in the Workplace No access Pages 131 - 156
