From: "jamie morgan" <zen34405-AT-zen.co.uk> Subject: Re: government Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:44:40 +0100 What does it mean to have a chain of oneself to oneself, and itself to itself, how does this constitute the basis for an ethics? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arianna" <ari-AT-kein.org> To: <foucault-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:25 PM Subject: Re: government > [.] If one takes the question of power or political power and replaces it with > the more general question of governmentality -governmentality intended as a > strategic field of power relations, in the broader, not simply political, sense > of the term-, if one takes governmentality as the strategic field of power > relations, in so far as they are mobile, transformable and reversible, I think > that the reflection on this notion of governmentality must go through, both > theoretically and practically, the element of a subject that would be defined by > the relation of the self to the self. In so far as the theory of political power > as institution normally refers to a juridical conception of the subject of > rights, it seems to me that the analysis of governmentality -i.e. the analysis of > power as an ensemble of reversible relations-must refer to an ethics of the > subject defined by the relation of itself to itself. I simply want to say that in > the kind of analysis that I have tried to propose for some time, you see that: > relations of power-governmentality; government of oneself and others and relation > of oneself to oneself, all these constitute a chain, a web. It is there, around > these notions, that one must be able to, I think, articulate the question of > politics and the question of ethics. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Turner" <k.turner-AT-lancaster.ac.uk> > To: <foucault-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu> > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 7:06 PM > Subject: Re: government > > > > hi colin, > > > > the probelm i see with my thesis is that, due to the fact that i come from > > a 1970s comprehensive education at a school which never really pushed > > second languages, i can read neither french nor german. and whilst i don't > > subscribe to the opinion that one has to read foucault in the original > > french, i certainly think it has its advantages (as stuart elden's book on > > spatial history attest to). and so the materials i am drawing upon to > > write the stuff on governmentality, and note the linkages between this as > > the military model, are the same materials that dean, rose, etal have been > > drawing upon. hence my original question as to how this secondary > > literature relates to the 1978-9 courses. > > > > it will certainly be a very interesting time when these two lecture > > courses are finally released in english translation (any idea when this > > might be). > > > > regards - kevin. > > > > -- > > Kevin Turner > > Dept. of Sociology > > Cartmel College > > Lancaster University > > Lancaster > > LA1 4YL > > > > (01524) 594508 > > >
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