The soldier's tale: Problematising Foucault's military foundations

Brieg Powel

Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

6 Dyfyniadau (Scopus)
54 Wedi eu Llwytho i Lawr (Pure)

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The popularity of Foucauldian understandings of government in International Relations (IR) has led to a vibrant debate over the utility of Foucault’s work for the discipline, especially over its applicability outside Western liberal societies. By concentrating on governmentality’s international applicability, however, IR scholarship has neglected Foucault’s account of the foundations of modern social mentalities, apparatuses, and techniques. Foucault frequently based his ideas on historical research, with warfare and military affairs featuring prominently in his accounts of discipline and governmentality.
Based on a problematization of the military aspects of Foucault’s thought, this article challenges Foucauldian IR scholarship to revisit governmentality’s foundations and re-consider the contemporary relevance of Foucault’s account of government. Foucault neglected the heterogeneity of European militaries, such as their reliance on impermanent, auxiliary, and non-Western forces. He thereby missed the opportunity to develop a more sophisticated account of the relationship between force, the military, government, discipline, and biopolitics. Moreover, this article challenges Foucauldian IR scholarship to revisit the empirical foundations of Foucault's work and re-consider the geographical and temporal extent of the relevance of Foucault’s account of government as a result.
Iaith wreiddiolSaesneg
Tudalennau (o-i)833-854
Nifer y tudalennau22
CyfnodolynReview of International Studies
Cyfrol43
Rhif cyhoeddi5
Dyddiad ar-lein cynnar06 Meh 2017
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)
StatwsCyhoeddwyd - 31 Rhag 2017

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