Administering Civil Society Towards a Theory of State Power
Description
To preserve social order the state must administer civil society, with a threefold purpose - the fashioning of the market, the constitution of legal subjectivity and the subsumption of struggle. In Administering Civil Society Mark Neocleous offers a rethinking of the state-civil society distinction through the idea of political administration. This is achieved through an original reading of Hegel's Philosophy of Right and an insightful critique of Foucault's account of power and administration. The outcome is a highly provocative theory of state power.
Keywords
Political ScienceHistory & TheoryPhilosophyPoliticalSocial ScienceSociology
1996Book
Author(s)Mark Neocleous
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333658543
LanguageEnglish
