The Rule of Freedom by Patrick Joyce
How cities and citizens were made governable, all in the name of freedom
In his remarkable new book, Patrick Joyce confirms his position as amongst the most inventive and rigorous social historians writing todayCreatively employing and developing Foucault's conceptions of governmentality, he uses a wealth of fascinating material to show how the nineteenth-century city and its citizens were made governable in the name of freedom. ... This book will become a standard reference for all those interested in the history of the liberal city, and a major conceptual contribution for all those seeking to understand the relations of power and freedom in contemporary society. -- Nikolas Rose * Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science *
There is no one writing whose feet are so firmly in the streets of the past and whose head is so creatively engaged with ways of theorising it. A joy to read. -- David Vincent * Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Social History, Keele University *
There is no one writing whose feet are so firmly in the streets of the past and whose head is so creatively engaged with ways of theorising it. A joy to read. -- David Vincent * Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Social History, Keele University *
Patrick Joyce is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Manchester. He is a leading British social historian and has written and edited numerous books of social and political history, including The Rule of Freedom (2003), Material Powers (2010) and The State of Freedom (2013).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781859845202 |
| ISBN 10 | 1859845207 |
| Title | The Rule of Freedom |
| Author | Patrick Joyce |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2003-04-17 |
| Number of pages | 292 |
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