1st Edition

Foucault on Power, Law, and Society A Reappraisal

By Marco Brigaglia Copyright 2026
340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a detailed analysis and reappraisal of Michel Foucault’s work on power, law, and society. Highlighting the ambiguities, tensions, inconsistencies, and transformations in Foucault’s work, the book shows how, in Foucault’s later years, his ideas gradually converged toward a conception of power that was significantly different from the one that emerges from the works and courses... Read more

1. Introduction: Reappraising Foucault on Power

Part I: A Framework of Power
2. A Concept of Power
3. A Conception of Power
4. The Structuring of Power
5. The Deciphering of Power
6. Subjection and Freedom

Part II: Forms of Power and the Structuring of Modern Law and Society
7. Directive Power
8. Disciplinary Power
9. Governmentalist Power
10. The Age of Power
11. Power and Law
12.Conclusion: Foucault on Power—Reappraised

Biography

Marco Brigaglia, Professor of Jurisprudence, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy.