"Drawing upon political philosophy and political economy, Benda Hofmeyr presents a Foucaultian analysis and historical contextualisation of the rise of neo-liberal governmentality. Historical, sociological and cultural studies help excavate the geneaology of the capitalist subject within the neo-liberal governmental context of the last four decades"--.

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• C H A P T E R O N E Living to Work in the Age of Control
• C H A P T E R T W O Foucault’s Analyses of Neoliberal Governmentality
• C H A P T E R T H R E E Knowledge Work in the Age of Control
• C H A P T E R F O U R The Relation Between Work and Thumos
• C H A P T E R F I V E The Hinge Connecting Work Compulsion and Neoliberal Governmentality
• C H A P T E R S I X The Feasibility of Resistance in the Workplace
• References
• Index