Listed in: Political Science, as POSC-335
Thomas L. Dumm (Section 01)
This course will explore aspects of the political theory of Michel Foucault, examining different areas of his researches, across different eras of his intellectual life.
This year we will focus on two major works, Discipline and Punish and The History of Sexuality, Volume 1, and accompanying lectures and seminar explorations he undertook before and around the period of their publication. These works trace a move from his concern with what he called an “archeology of knowledge” to a “genealogy of power.” They also trace a shift from his focus on discipline and surveillance to governmentality and biopolitics. By carefully reading Foucault’s lectures and seminars from this period side by side with these famous books, students will reach an insight in the tactical and strategic choices to be made when writing for publication. By better understanding the context in which these books were written -- the shifting terrain of intellectual and political debate -- students will better understand the stakes involved in thinking through many of the urgent problems facing us now, including precarity, power, identity, world-homelessness and the Anthropocene.
Requisite: Must have taken two prior courses in POSC. Limited to 20 students. Not open to first-year students. Fall semester. Professor Dumm.
Section 01
W 02:00 PM - 04:45 PM CLAR 100
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discipline and punish : the birth of the prison | Vintage | Michel Foucault | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction | Vintage | Michel Foucault | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Society must be defended : lectures at the Collège de France, 1975-76 | Picador | Michel Foucault | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France 1977--1978 | Picador | Michel Foucault | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The birth of biopolitics : lectures at the Collège de France, 1978-1979 | Picador | Michel Foucault | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.