Political rationality originates outside the state yet organizes and conditions it.

Evidence

Foucault does indeed speak of neoliberalism as a “new programming of liberal governmentality” — it changes the way the liberal state reasons, self-represents, and governs and it also changes the state-economy relation. But these changes mark something apart from the political rationality of neoliberalism. Political rationality does not originate or emanate from the state, although it circulates through the state, organizes it, and conditions its actions. — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 223

Categorization

• QUESTION: If this rationality is not state-originated, what precisely are its sources and carriers? Worth chasing in Foucault’s lectures.
• XREF: connects to: Political rationality enables and legitimates governing instruments rather than serving them. — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 220; Modern politics emerged from concrete state practices, not from European word adoption alone. — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 338; Ideas, not vested interests, ultimately shape political possibility. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 136 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Neocolonialism keeps formally independent states economically and politically directed from outside #exemplifies (0.80) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 181
• Modern politics emerged from concrete state practices, not from European word adoption alone. #qualifies (0.78) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 338
• Ideas, not vested interests, ultimately shape political possibility. #corroborates (0.72) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 136
• The state includes the private apparatus of hegemony beyond government #expands (0.72)