The modern state does not rule primarily through violence bu... - Foucault, Michel

This quote is attributed to Foucault, Michel.

"The modern state does not rule primarily through violence but through the normalization of populations."

Foucault, Michel Power

Philosopher-Historian French 1926–1984

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