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E-Artikel
Titel:
Rethinking governmentality: Towards genealogies of governance
Beteiligte:
Bevir, Mark
Erschienen:
SAGE Publications, 2010
Erschienen in:European Journal of Social Theory
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1177/1368431010382758
ISSN:
1368-4310;
1461-7137
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<jats:p> Foucault introduced the concept ‘governmentality’ to refer to the conduct of conduct, and especially the technologies that govern individuals. He adopted the concept after his shift from structuralist archaeology to historicist genealogy. But some commentators suggest governmentality remains entangled with structuralist themes. This article offers a resolutely genealogical theory of govermentality that: echoes Foucault on genealogy, critique, and technologies of power; suggests resolutions to problems in Foucault’s work; introduces concepts that are clearly historicist, not structuralist; and opens new areas of empirical research. The resulting genealogical theory of governmentality emphasizes nominalism, contingency, situated agency, and historicist explanations referring to traditions and dilemmas. It decenters governance by highlighting diverse elite narratives, technologies of power, and traditions of popular resistance. </jats:p>