Society must be defended : lectures at the Collège de France, 1975-76
Michel Foucault exposed the systems of power inherent in all aspects of society with his revolutionary studies of sexuality, madness and punishment. In these masterly lectures given at the College de France in 1975-76, he turns his attention to the idea of war. Although we see wars in terms of weapons and battles, Foucault contends that there is in fact a constant 'silent war' in society, where all power relations and political institutions are based on force, conflict and domination. In this sense, he argues, politics is actually 'the continuation of war by other means'
xxiii, 310 pages ; 24 cm
9780713997071, 9780312203184, 9780140270860, 0713997079, 0312203187, 0140270868
52321241
Translated from the French
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