Toward the end of his life, Foucault delivered a series of lectures in which he described the emergence of free-market/ neoliberal societies [1]. Many of his ad

Toward the end of his life, Foucault delivered a series of lectures in which he described the emergence of free-market/ neoliberal societies [1]. Many of his admirers are surprised when they learn that he seemed pretty enthusiastic about the prospects [2] (although he died too early to observe the power consequences of a highly marketized society, so we don't know what he would think today). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Biopolitics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Biopolitics [2] http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9781509501762 http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9781509501762