Sovereignty and Governmentality: From the Problematics of the "New World Order" to the Ethical Problematic of the World Order

Drawing on Michel Foucault's problematic of government, it is argued that sovereignty & governmentality arise from the same genealogy & form a basis for addressing the problematics & ethics of modern power. In this regard, it is argued that political power in the transnational conte...

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Published in:	Alternatives: global, local, political local, political, 1995-07, Vol.20 (3), p.323-368
Main Author:	Dillon, Michael
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Ethical epistemology Ethics Foreign Affairs Foucault, Michel Globalization Government Government relations Governmentality National politics Political ethics Political identity Political Power Political violence Sovereign states Sovereignty Subjectivity
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Summary:	Drawing on Michel Foucault's problematic of government, it is argued that sovereignty & governmentality arise from the same genealogy & form a basis for addressing the problematics & ethics of modern power. In this regard, it is argued that political power in the transnational context exhibits many of the same features as governmentality through its shifting alliances designed to effect self-government. It is also proposed that the global dissemination of the technologization of the political has been a function of governmentalization of the state. Despite denying the existence of a new world order, the concept of order is applicable in addressing the ethical intersection of sovereignty & governmentality in the context of studying population & migration. It is therefore concluded that any sovereign claim to nationality, ethnicity, or identity represents the most violent form of exclusionary practice & leads directly to the systematic destruction of peoples. M. Greenberg
ISSN:	0304-3754 2163-3150