About the Book: The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France,
1978-1979
Picador is proud to publish the sixth volume in Foucaults prestigious,
groundbreaking series of lectures at the College de France from 1970 to 1984"The
Birth of Biopolitics"continues to pursue the themes of Foucaults lectures
from"Security, Territory, "Population. ""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