By Bernard E. Harcourt “Our Machiavelli of our own is indeed Marx: everything is said through him, even if it is not all located in his work.”[1] It was in passing on 8 March 1978 in his lectures on Security, Territory,… Continue Reading
By John Protevi In last night’s seminar Adam Tooze referred to Deleuze’s reading of Foucault. In this note I’d like to propose that we can see elements of Deleuze’s thought in Foucault’s lectures in the mid-to-late 1970s. I don’t want to claim anything… Continue Reading
By David Armitage Early in “Society Must Be Defended”, Foucault had seen his concerns shifting and a new research programme emerging. “Until now it has been disciplines; for the next five years, it will be war, struggle, the army.” That… Continue Reading
1. Michel Senellart’s “Course Context” to Security, Territory, Population (“STP”) contains a fascinating tension, one that is nicely dramatized by Bernard Harcourt and Adam Tooze’s differing interpretations of the relationship between Foucault’s previous lecture series – Society Must Be Defended… Continue Reading
By Adam Tooze In 1975-6 with Society Must be Defended (SMD) Foucault rebooted the project of the Collège de France lectures. The aim, as he states and restates in both SMD and Security, Territory and Population (STP) is a critical… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt Following a sabbatical year (1976-1977)—during which Foucault took leave from lecturing at the Collège de France to finish volume 1 of The History of Sexuality (published on 17 November 1976), to lecture in Brazil, to reflect… Continue Reading