Foucault and Post-Financial Crises: Governmentality, Discipline and Resistance

By John G Glenn and John G. Glenn

Book Overview

This title explains the causes of the financial crisis and the economic reforms that were created subsequently through a Foucauldian philosophical lens. The author sets out the approaches established by Foucault - namely governmentality, biopolitics and disciplinary mechanisms - explaining how these influenced the shift of production from a local to a global level, alongside a shift towards financialisation. Glenn applies Foucauldian principles to aid understanding of the self-corrective mechanisms applied to the financial system, and the interpellative processes that led to the emergence of a new mode of subjectification. Concurrently, this title examines the retreat of the state from the financial sphere. This shift, the author posits, did not mean the complete absence of governance; rather governance became more concerned with ensuring that financial behaviour was contained within certain limits.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030083934
• ISBN13: 9783030083939
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"