{"product_id":"michel-foucault-the-state-and-the-social-sciences-hardcover","title":"Michel Foucault, the State and the Social Sciences - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArnault Skornicki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book proposes an original reading of Foucault's political thought. Far from setting aside the question of the State to focus on the relationships of power \"from below\", the Foucauldian approach offers a radical anti-substantialist theory of the State. Concepts such as biopolitics, discipline, pastoral power, and governmentality serve as tools for understanding the statization of power relations. Contrary to some of Foucault's own statements, Skornicki highlights the elective affinities between genealogy and sociology, which enable an in-depth dialogue with Marxism, Max Weber, Norbert Elias, Edward P. Thompson, among others. Unexpectedly, the analytics of power appears thereby as a corrosive and productive science of the State. The author meticulously reconstructs, drawing on Foucault's extensive body of work, how his famous 'microphysics of power' fits into a broader genealogy of the modern State--namely, the processes of political monopolization that have shaped the so-called Leviathan from the Middle Ages to the present. The State thus emerges not as the coldest of all cold monsters, nor simply as a vast apparatus of repression, but rather as both the product and the agent of multiple governmentalities, diverse rationalities, and various religious tendencies--ranging from the modern rule of law to totalitarianism and neoliberal bureaucracy. This is not just a new book about Foucault. It is a book about the State and the enduring possibility of theorizing it--immersed once more in the caustic waters of genealogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book proposes an original reading of Foucault's political thought. Far from setting aside the question of the State in order to focus on the relationships of power \"from below\", the Foucauldian approach offers a radical anti-substantialist theory of the State. Concepts such as \u003cem\u003ebiopolitics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ediscipline\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003epastoral power\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003egovernmentality\u003c\/em\u003e serve as tools for understanding the statization of power relations. Contrary to some of Foucault's own statements, Skornicki highlights the elective affinities between genealogy and sociology, which enable an in-depth dialogue with Marxism, Max Weber, Norbert Elias, Edward P. Thompson, among others. Unexpectedly, the analytics of power appears thereby as a corrosive and productive \u003cem\u003escience of the State\u003c\/em\u003e. The author meticulously reconstructs, drawing on Foucault's extensive body of work, how his famous 'microphysics of power' fits into a broader genealogy of the modern State--namely, the processes of political monopolization that have shaped the so-called Leviathan from the Middle Ages to the present. The State thus emerges not as the coldest of all cold monsters, nor simply as a vast apparatus of repression, but rather as both the product and the agent of multiple governmentalities, diverse rationalities, and various religious tendencies--ranging from the modern rule of law to totalitarianism and neoliberal bureaucracy. This is not just a new book about Foucault. It is a book about the State and the enduring possibility of theorizing it--immersed once more in the caustic waters of genealogy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArnault Skornicki\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Paris Nanterre, France. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eL'?conomiste, la cour et la patrie: L'?conomie politique dans la France des Lumi?res\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eLa nouvelle Histoire des id?es politiques\u003c\/em\u003e (with J?r?me Tournadre, 2024). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArnault Skornicki\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Paris Nanterre, France. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eL'économiste, la cour et la patrie: L'économie politique dans la France des Lumières\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eLa nouvelle Histoire des idées politiques\u003c\/em\u003e (with Jérôme Tournadre, 2024). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45948918661199,"sku":"9783031873928","price":185.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/lB_6FaHp9Q9783031873928.webp?v=1782186734","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/michel-foucault-the-state-and-the-social-sciences-hardcover","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}