Geschichte der Gouvernementalität 1. Sicherheit, Territorium, Bevölkerung

These lectures by Michel Foucault at the Collège de France are at the beginning of one of the most powerful concepts of modern social sciences and political philosophy - "governmentality". Foucault's two-volume history of governmentality develops this concept and its theoretical implications through a material-rich analysis of the genesis of modern liberalism and its shadow: bio-power. While the first volume focuses on the relations between the art of government, normalization and subjectivation, The Birth of Biopolitics focuses on neoliberalism and the complex relations it maintains with the state. Behind all historical, sociological, political, and economic studies, however, is what Foucault considers the philosopher's real interest: the "politics of truth".