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" ... were destined to act upon the possibilities of action of other people. To govern, in this sense, is to structure the possible field of action of others. "
Governing Morals: A Social History of Moral Regulation - Page 4
by Alan Hunt - 1999 - 273 pages
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Altered Egos: Authority in American Autobiography

G. Thomas Couser - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 298 pages
...economic subjection, but also modes of action, more or less considered and calculated, which were destined to act upon the possibilities of action of other people....to structure the possible field of action of others (220). Franklin personifies government in this sense: even before the new republic is established,...
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The Bible Tells Them So: The Discourse of Protestant Fundamentalism

Kathleen C. Boone - Religion - 1989 - 152 pages
...to sound teaching. One sees rigid government of the individual in Foucault's sense of that term — "To govern, in this sense, is to structure the possible field of action of others" ("The Subject and Power" 221). In addition to Sunday School and Sunday morning worship service, fundamentalist...
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Descartes and Foucault: A Contrastive Introduction to Philosophy

C. G. Prado - Knowledge, Theory of - 1992 - 186 pages
...political or economic subjection, but also modes of action, more or less considered and calculated, which were designed to act upon the possibilities...this sense, is to structure the possible field of actions of others. (Dreyfus and Rabinow, 1983:221) To govern is to structure possible actions. This...
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Foucault and Law: Towards a Sociology of Law as Governance

Alan Hunt, Gary Wickham - Law - 1994 - 162 pages
...century. 'Government' did not refer only to political structures or the management of states; rather it designates the way in which the conduct of individuals...structure the possible field of action of others. (S&P 1982: 221) The focus on government as an intensely practical matter, 'how things get done', is...
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Power: Critical Concepts

John Scott - Political Science - 1994 - 468 pages
...economic subjection, but also modes of action, more or less considered and calculated, which were destined to act upon the possibilities of action of other people....structure the possible field of action of others. The relationship proper to power would not therefore be sought on the side of violence or of struggle,...
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The Market Tells Them So: The World Bank and Economic Fundamentalism in Africa

John Mihevc - Business & Economics - 1995 - 320 pages
...for conditionality around the acceptance of structural adjustment packages for further aid or loans: "To govern, in this sense, is to structure the possible field of action of others." The Subject and Power, p. 22 1 , quoted in Boone, The Bible, p. 84. 28. Gibbon, "Political Economy,"...
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Photography, Vision, and the Production of Modern Bodies

Suren Lalvani - Photography - 1996 - 288 pages
...than a theory of power, Foucault views power as comparable to "government" in a broad sense, where "to govern in this sense is to structure the possible field of actions of others."176 Foucault is critical of the assumptions of the repressive hypothesis which views...
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The Economy of Character: Novels, Market Culture, and the Business of Inner ...

Deidre Lynch - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 332 pages
...economic subjection, but also modes of action, more or less considered and calculated, which were destined to act upon the possibilities of action of other people....govern, in this sense, is to structure the possible fald of action of others ("Subject and Power," 22 1 ; emphasis mine). It's worth stressing that to...
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The Later Foucault: Politics and Philosophy

Jeremy Moss - Political Science - 1998 - 232 pages
...of this subjectivization occurs when the model of behaviour becomes part of an individual identity. To govern, in this sense, is to 'structure the possible field of action of others', not simply by intervening by force to prevent an action, but by restructuring the types of action open...
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Re/visioning: Canadian Perspectives on the Education of Africans in the Late ...

Vincent D'Oyley, Carl James - Africans - 1998 - 390 pages
...government of children, of souls, of communities, of families, of the sick.... To govern (in this broader sense) is to structure the possible field of action of others. (Foucault, 1972: 121). Examples have been drawn that indicate students awareness in the use of language as a mode...
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