Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France 1977--1978

by Michel Foucault

Book Overview

Marking a major development in Michel Foucault's thinking, Security, Territory, Population 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312203608
• ISBN13: 9780312203603
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"