{"product_id":"the-government-of-things-foucault-and-the-new-materialisms-hardback-9781479808816","title":"The Government of Things; Foucault and the New Materialisms (Hardback) 9781479808816","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Government of Things\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFoucault and the New Materialisms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Lemke (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781479808816\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 September 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.614 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"At once an incisive critique of new materialisms and a timely extension of Michel Foucault's analytics of government, Thomas Lemke's \u003ci\u003eThe Government of Things\u003c\/i\u003e is indispensable for anyone concerned with emerging forms of environmentality and the missing politics of the 'material turn.' By revisiting key terms in Foucault's later writings—dispositive, technology, milieu—and aligning an analytics of government with key insights from feminist and postcolonial science and technology studies, Lemke gives us powerful tools to analyze and historicize the dynamic socio-techno-ecological arrangements that differentially and unequally materialize human and nonhuman life and to imagine how they might be composed otherwise.\" - Bruce Braun, co-editor of Political Matter: Technoscience, Democracy, and Public Life \"\u003ci\u003eThe Government of Things\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable exploration and appraisal of new materialist approaches, advancing the argument that, while such approaches have much to offer, they also have distinctive weaknesses in handling questions of history and politics. Thomas Lemke proposes to remedy these shortcomings by drawing from Michel Foucault's 'tool-box,' thus situating the book's analysis at the vital intersection between science and technology studies and the study of governmental rationality. Particularly for those of us who share Lemke's ambivalence about new materialism, this book is an essential guide to the limits of this approach—and to avenues for productively combining it with other modes of inquiry.\" - Stephen J. Collier, co-author of The Government of Emergency: Vital Systems, Expertise, and the Politics of Security \"In that Thomas Lemke's book, \u003ci\u003eThe Government of Things: Foucault and the New Materialisms\u003c\/i\u003e, supports my view for a materialist reading of Foucault, it constitutes a welcome addition to the literature.\" - Mark Olssen (Social Forces) \"\u003ci\u003eThe Government of Things \u003c\/i\u003eallows for a very fruitful encounter between Foucault and new material concerns. While the ultimate trajectory of Lemke's analytic of the government of things is a bit unclear, it should not be doubted that he has produced a remarkable piece of scholarship that will continue to generate innovative readings of Foucault.\" - Conor Bean (Foucault Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the theoretical achievements and the political impact of the new materialisms\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Materialism, a rich philosophical tradition that goes back to antiquity, is currently undergoing a renaissance. In \u003ci\u003eThe Government of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Lemke provides a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of this \"new materialism\". In analyzing the work of Graham Harman, Jane Bennett, and Karen Barad, Lemke articulates what, exactly, new materialism is and how it has evolved. These insights open up new spaces for critical thought and political experimentation, overcoming the limits of anthropocentrism. \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on Michel Foucault's concept of a \"government of things\", the book also goes beyond new materialist scholarship which tends to displace political questions by ethical and aesthetic concerns. It puts forward a relational and performative account of materialities that more closely attends to the interplay of epistemological, ontological, and political issues.\u003cbr\u003e Lemke provides definitive and much-needed clarity about the fascinating potential—and limitations—of new materialism as a whole. \u003ci\u003eThe Government of Things\u003c\/i\u003e revisits Foucault's more-than-human understanding of government to capture a new constellation of power: \"environmentality\". As the book demonstrates, contemporary modes of government seek to control the social, ecological, and technological conditions of life rather than directly targeting individuals and populations. The book offers an essential and much needed tool to critically examine this political shift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591049244952,"sku":"9781479808816","price":54.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-government-of-things-foucault-and-the-new-materialisms-hardback-9781479808816","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}