Of shepherds, sheep and sheepdogs?: governing the adherent self through complementary and competing ‘pastorates’

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Of shepherds, sheep and sheepdogs?: governing the adherent self through complementary and competing ‘pastorates’

Foucault’s concept of ‘pastoral power’ describes an important technique for constituting obedient subjects. Derived from his analysis of the Christian pastorate, he saw pastoral power as a prelude to contemporary technologies of governing ‘beyond the State’, where ‘experts’ shepherd self-governing s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Waring, Justin, Latif, Asam
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage 2017
Subjects:	Foucault Governmentality Healthcare Medicines Pastoral Power
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40698/

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