War, Power and Liberalism: the Politicization in the Work of Michel Foucault

This paper attempts to examine the analysis on liberalism that Michel Foucault developed during his last courses in the Collège de France. This analysis becomes a redefinition of the concept of power, understood as war, and a reflection on the concepts of security and population, by means of which t...

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Main Author: Joaquín Fortanet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2009-04-01
Series:Ideas y Valores
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Online Access:http://www.ideasyvalores.unal.edu.co/archivos/PDF%20139/04_Fortanet.pdf
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description This paper attempts to examine the analysis on liberalism that Michel Foucault developed during his last courses in the Collège de France. This analysis becomes a redefinition of the concept of power, understood as war, and a reflection on the concepts of security and population, by means of which the relation between war, power and liberalism offers a map of the present time, an age when the new rationalityof government can be defined as specifically liberal.
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spelling doaj.art-35709eb10afe40b9bcbc928ace6e15e92022-12-21T18:34:47ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaIdeas y Valores0120-00622009-04-01581392131War, Power and Liberalism: the Politicization in the Work of Michel FoucaultJoaquín FortanetThis paper attempts to examine the analysis on liberalism that Michel Foucault developed during his last courses in the Collège de France. This analysis becomes a redefinition of the concept of power, understood as war, and a reflection on the concepts of security and population, by means of which the relation between war, power and liberalism offers a map of the present time, an age when the new rationalityof government can be defined as specifically liberal.http://www.ideasyvalores.unal.edu.co/archivos/PDF%20139/04_Fortanet.pdfFoucaultliberalismwarpowergovernment
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title War, Power and Liberalism: the Politicization in the Work of Michel Foucault
title_full War, Power and Liberalism: the Politicization in the Work of Michel Foucault
title_fullStr War, Power and Liberalism: the Politicization in the Work of Michel Foucault
title_full_unstemmed War, Power and Liberalism: the Politicization in the Work of Michel Foucault
title_short War, Power and Liberalism: the Politicization in the Work of Michel Foucault
title_sort war power and liberalism the politicization in the work of michel foucault
topic Foucault
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war
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