Foucault's Conception Of Government

Foucault introduced “governmentality” in his study of the autonomous individual’s capacity for self-government in the context of the problematics of power. Defining government as “the conduct of conduct” and as a term ranging from “governing the self” to “governing others,” Foucault uses this notion of government in connection with the link between forms of power and processes of subjectification.
Today, the world government possesses solely a political meaning. However, Foucault’s notion of government was, indeed, placed in a more general context. It was discussed in political, philosophical, religious, medical and educational texts. In addition to the management of the state or the administration, “government” was viewed by Foucault to cover