Michel Foucault Society Must Be Defended reading group

Join us for an online reading group on what is likely Michel Foucault's most famous lecture series - Society Must Be Defended.

Three key concepts structure the central argument of Society Must Be Defended: (1) race war; (2) biopolitics; and (3) modern racism. Together these three concepts lead to an analysis of what Foucault calls “State racism” that is best exemplified by colonization, Nazism, and Soviet State racism

For this session, please read lectures 1 and 2 (you can start reading from page 6 if you want as the beginning of lecture 1 doesn't say much).

More information about this lecture series, as well as a conference video link is available here: http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/foucault1313/613-2/

Multiple inexpensive paperback copies are available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Society-Must-Be-Defended-1975-1976/dp/0312422660

If you want a free PDF Google "Society must be defended PDF"