From Cosmic Reason to State Reason

Foucault and the Science of Power

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-4012.2020.2.35336

Keywords:

Pastoral Reason, Reason of State, Foucault, Governmentality, Biopower

Abstract

This article intends to present how Michel Foucault understands the transition from the mode of government based on the pastoral of souls model to the “governmentality” model of men based on scientific discourse (biopower). To this end, an analysis of some classes given in his course “Sécurité, territoire, population” (Security, territory and population) at 1978, where Foucault introduces his reflection on how the idea of “Reason of State” and the sovereignty of power over the pastoral mentality based on government according to the cosmos and the economy of salvation. Finally, it is warned that although in discourse there is a radical break between the old and the modern mode, in practice these models can intersect.

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Author Biographies

Elvis de Oliveira Mendes, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), João Pessoa, PB, Brasil

Mestre em Ética e Filosofia Política pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), doutorando em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Uberlandia (UFU).

Vagner Acácio de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

Mendes, E. de O., & Acácio de Oliveira, V. (2020). From Cosmic Reason to State Reason: Foucault and the Science of Power. Intuitio, 13(2), e35336. https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-4012.2020.2.35336

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2020)

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