Rearticulating the Concept of the Dispositive: Combining STS and an Analytics of Government

This article first elucidates the diverse meanings of the French notion of dispositifand contrasts it with the usages of “apparatus” (“appareil”) on the one hand and “assemblage” (“agencement”) on the other. The second part presents Foucault’s distinctive use of the concept of the dispositive. The a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas Lemke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2018-07-01
Series:Mediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais
Subjects:
sts
Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/33885