The normative stakes of Foucault's engagement with neoliberalism: Seduction, invention, and normalization.
This article critically examines Foucault's engagement with neoliberalism. While Foucault declares that his analysis of this tradition is primarily descriptive, I argue that he continually questions whether neoliberalism is less disciplinary and biopolitically normalizing than traditional forms of l...
| Publicado en: | Southern Journal of Philosophy Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 340 - 359 |
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Sep2025
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