Foucault and Family Relations - Governing from a Distance in Australia (Hardcover)

Foucault and Family Relations: Governing from a Distance in Australia analyzes how notions of property ownership were instrumental in maintaining family stability and continuity in rural Australia, outlining how inheritance and divorce laws functioned to govern the internal relationships of families to assist the state to 'rule from a distance'. Using a selection of Foucault's ideas on the "family", sexuality, race, space and economics this books shows how "property" operated as a disciplinary device, which was underpinned by "technical ideas", such as surveying and cartography. This book uses legal judgments as a form of ethnography to show how property, as a socio-technical device, allowed a degree of local freedom for owners. This aspect of property allowed the state to stimulate ideas of local freedom to assist in "ruling from a distance," demonstrating how the rural family as a domestic unit became a key field of intervention for the state as the family represented a bridge to larger relationships of power.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2019
Authors:	Malcolm Voyce
Dimensions:	232 x 159 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-5969-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	1-4985-5969-7
Barcode:	9781498559690

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