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Challenges the assumption of the inextricability of violence from the political that is often based on excessively broad, ontological conceptions of violence distinct from its concrete and physical meaning and, on the other hand, on a restrictively narrow and empirical understanding of politics as the realm of conventional political institutions.

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Introduction Chapter 1: The Politicization of Ontology Chapter 2: Foundational Violence Chapter 3: Dangerous Animals Chapter 4: The Politics of Gendered Violence Chapter 5: Political Life Chapter 6: The Management of State Violence Chapter 7: The Political Ontology of Neoliberalism Chapter 8: Violence and Neoliberal Governmentality Chapter 9: Terror and Political Spirituality Abbreviations for works by Foucault References Notes

Foucault Politics and Violence

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      Publisher Northwestern University Press
      Published 5/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780810128033
      978-0810128033
      ISBN-10 0810128039
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Challenges the assumption of the inextricability of violence from the political that is often based on excessively broad, ontological conceptions of violence distinct from its concrete and physical meaning and, on the other hand, on a restrictively narrow and empirical understanding of politics as the realm of conventional political institutions.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Chapter 1: The Politicization of Ontology Chapter 2: Foundational Violence Chapter 3: Dangerous Animals Chapter 4: The Politics of Gendered Violence Chapter 5: Political Life Chapter 6: The Management of State Violence Chapter 7: The Political Ontology of Neoliberalism Chapter 8: Violence and Neoliberal Governmentality Chapter 9: Terror and Political Spirituality Abbreviations for works by Foucault References Notes

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