Political economy reframes subjects of right as a population to be governed
Evidence
With the emergence of political economy, with the introduction of the restrictive principle in governmental practice itself, an important substitution, or doubling rather, is carried out, since the subjects of right on which political sovereignty is exercised appear as a population that a government must manage. — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics, 278
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at…, 278
- XREF: connects to: Modern state concern for subjects targets ‘population’ via political economy; Economics is lateral to governing, not its internal rationality — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at…, 1467; Governments conflate capitalist economic rationality with rationality itself. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 369 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Modern state concern for subjects targets ‘population’ via political economy
#expands(1.00) - Economics is lateral to governing, not its internal rationality
#contradicts(0.85) — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics, 1467 - Neoliberal freedom can be a vehicle for governance and domination
#expands(0.85) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 153 - Governments conflate capitalist economic rationality with rationality itself.
#expands(0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 369 - Economic problems are political problems about how social power is distributed
#qualifies(0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 38