Governing the Soul: The Shaping of the Private Self - Second Edition / Edition 2

by Nikolas Rose

Overview

Governing the Soul is now widely recognized as one of the founding texts in a new approach to analyzing the links between political power, expertise and the self. This governmentality perspective has had important implications for a range of academic disciplines including criminology, political theory, sociology and psychology and has generated much theoretical innovation and empirical investigation. The second edition contains a new introduction, which sets out the methodological and conceptual bases of this approach. Also, a new final chapter has been added that considers some of the implications of recent developments in the government of subjectivity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853434440
Publisher:	Free Association Books Limited
Publication date:	05/01/1999
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Editorial Reviews

First published in 1989, this work is now recognized as one of the founding works in a new way of understanding the links between political power, expertise, and the self. This "governmentality" perspective has had important implications for a range of academic disciplines including criminology, political theory, sociology, and psychology, and has generated much theoretical innovation and empirical investigation. This second edition adds a new preface setting out the methodological and conceptual bases of this approach and a new afterword that considers some of the implications of recent developments in the government of subjectivity. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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