Saving Population from Governmentality Studies: Translating Between Archaeology and Biopolitics

Jon Solomon (1)

1 IETT - Institut d'Etudes Transtextuelles et Transculturelles

This article demonstrates how the interest in governmentality studies has diverted attention form the biopolitical significance the term population holds in Foucault's thought, and further elaborates this perspective through an articulation between Foucault's earlier work on Archaeology and his later work on Biopolitics.

Mots clés: Foucault; Biopolitics; Literature; Archaeology

Domaines: Littératures

Jon Solomon. Saving Population from Governmentality Studies: Translating Between Archaeology and Biopolitics. Biopolitics, Ethics and Subjectivation, L'Harmattan, pp.190-205, 2011. ⟨halshs-00919808⟩