Society Must Be Defended

<p><b>'Foucault must be reckoned with by humanists social scientists and political activists' <i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br></b><br><i>Society Must Be Defended</i> is Michel Foucault's devastating critique of the systems of power and control inherent in civilization. Taken from a series of lectures given by Foucault at the Collége de France in 1975-76 it reveals how war is the foundation of all power relations and politics ultimately a continuation of battlefield violence. He offers a politically charged re-reading of history with examples ranging from the Trojan myth to Nazi Germany to show a continual 'silent war' between the powerful and the powerless.<br><br>'A timely and prescient book mainly because of what it says about the way in which war is necessary as a means of control' <i>New Statesman<br></i><br>Translated by David Macey</p> <p><b>'Foucault must be reckoned with by humanists social scientists and political activists' <i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br></b><br><i>Society Must Be Defended</i> is Michel Foucault's devastating critique of the systems of power and control inherent in civilization. Taken from a series of lectures given by Foucault at the Collége de France in 1975-76 it reveals how war is the foundation of all power relations and politics ultimately a continuation of battlefield violence. He offers a politically charged re-reading of history with examples ranging from the Trojan myth to Nazi Germany to show a continual 'silent war' between the powerful and the powerless.<br><br>'A timely and prescient book mainly because of what it says about the way in which war is necessary as a means of control' <i>New Statesman<br></i><br>Translated by David Macey</p>