Against the Grain

Foucault on Power

How have we been governed, regulated, ruled? What systems of knowledge and power have emerged over time, and with what consequences for individuals and populations? Lawrence Grossberg describes four “diagrams” of governmentality that the French theorist Michel Foucault identified: sovereignty, discipline, biopolitics, and neoliberalism.

Lawrence Grossberg, On the Way to Theory Duke University Press, 2024

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