A Politics of Truth. Despotism and Governmentality in François Quesnay

In the second half of the eighteenth century, in France there was an important attempt to renew the reflection on the practices of government of society. Opposing the Colbertist mercantilism of the previous century, the physiocracy is part of this debate by introducing a new way of rationalizing the...

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Main Author: Pietro Sebastianelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2018-12-01
Series:Scienza & Politica
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Online Access:https://scienzaepolitica.unibo.it/article/view/8896