Abstract:The debate concerning Michel Foucault's relationship to neo-liberalism has recently rekindled. Despite some claims to the contrary, Foucault's alleged turn to (neo) liberalism during the final decade of his life is hardly a new discovery. As Vanessa Lemm and Miguel Vatter point out, the idea that Foucault became a liberal in the mid-1970s is a recurring legend, one that the book seeks to put to rest. Most of the contributions to this volume are either explicitly or implicitly at odds with the contention that F… Show more
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