Powers of Freedom：Reframing Political Thought

PowersofFreedomoffersacompellingnewapproachtotheanalysisofpoliticalpowerwhichextendsFoucault'shypothesesongovernmentalityinchallengingways.NikolasRosesetsoutthekeycharacteristicsofthisapproachtopoliticalpowerandanalysesthegovernmentofconduct.Heanalysestheroleofexpertise,thepoliticsofnumbers,technologiesofeconomicmanagementandthepoliticalusesofspace.Heilluminatestherelationofthisapproachtocontemporarytheoriesof'risksociety'and'thesociologyofgovernance'.Hearguesthatfreedomisnottheoppositeofgovernmentbutoneofitskeyinventionsandmostsignificantresources.Healsoseekssomerapprochementbetweenanalysesofgovernmentandtheconcernsofcriticalsociology,culturalstudiesandMarxism,toestablishabasisforthecritiqueofpoweranditsexercise.Thebookwillbeofinteresttostudentsandscholarsinpoliticaltheory,sociology,socialpolicyandculturalstudies.