Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
1. Introduction: The International as an Object for ThoughtPhilippe Bonditti
SECTION 1 - DE-DISCIPLINING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL
2. The Figure of Foucault and the Field of International RelationsNicholas Onuf
3. Michel Foucault and International Relations: Cannibal RelationsDidier Bigo
4. Microphysics Of Power ReduxWilliam Walters
SECTION 2 - BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND METHOD
5. Political Spirituality: Parrhesia, Truth And Factical Finitude
Michael Dillon
6. Power as Sumbolon: Sovereignty, Governmentality and the InternationalMitchell Dean
7. Foucault and MethodMichael J. Shapiro
SECTION 3 - INTERNATIONAL?
8. Silencing Colonialism: Foucault And the International Marta Fern ndez and Paulo Esteves
9. Violence and the Modern International: An Archaeology of TerrorismPhilippe Bonditti
10. Foucault and the Historical Sociology of GlobalizationJean-Fran ois Bayart
SECTION 4 - (NEO-)LIBERAL?11. On Liberalism: Limits, the Market and the Subject
Fr d ric Gros
12. On Bureaucratic Formalization: The Reality-Like Fiction of Neoliberal AbstractionsB atrice Hibou
13. Too-Late Liberalism: From Promised Prosperity to Permanent AusterityLaurence McFalls & Mariella Pandolfi
SECTION 5 - BIOPOLITICAL?
14. Biopolitics in the Twenty-First Century: The Malthus-Marx Debate and the Human Capital IssueLuca Paltrinieri
15. Mesopolitics: Foucault, Environmental Governmentality and the History of the AnthropoceneFerhat Taylan
SECTION 6 - GLOBAL?
16. The Word and the Things: An Archaeology of An Amnesic NotionArmand Mattelart
17. Foucault and GeometricsStuart Elden
18. Conclusion: Which Foucault? Which International?R.B.J Walker
Synopsis
This book addresses the possibilities of analyzing the modern international through the thought of Michel Foucault. The broad range of authors brought together in this volume question four of the most self-evident characteristics of our contemporary world-'international', 'neoliberal', 'biopolitical' and 'global'- and thus fill significant gaps in both international and Foucault studies. The chapters discuss what a Foucauldian perspective does or does not offer for understanding international phenomena while also questioning many appropriations of Foucault's work. This transdisciplinary volume will serve as a reference for both scholars and students of international relations, international political sociology, international political economy, political theory/philosophy and critical theory more generally.