Drawing on the writings of Foucault, this book explores the politics and power-dynamics of family life, examining how everyday obligations such as attending school, going to work and staying healthy are organized through the family. The book includes an essay by Foucault, Les désordres des familles , translated here in English for the first time.

VIKKI BELL Professor in Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
TERRELL CARVER Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bristol, UK
GILLIAN HARKINS Associate Professor of English at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA
THIBAUD HARROIS Lecturer in French at Trinity College, Cambridge, UK
RÉMI LENOIR Professor of Sociology at Université de Paris I, France
KATHERINE LOGAN Doctoral candidate at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oregon, USA
JOSÉ LUIS MORENO PESTAÑA Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cádiz, Spain
VÉRONIQUE MOTTIER Fellow and Director of Studies in Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies at Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
DEBORAH THOM Fellow and Director of Studies for the Faculty of History and the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies at Robinson College, Cambridge, UK

Introduction: The Problem of the Family in Foucault's Work; R.Duschinsky  & L.Rocha PART I: EXPOSITIONS Foucault and the Family: Deepening the Account of History of Sexuality Volume 1; R.Lenoir  & R.Duschinsky Foucault's Familial Scenes: Kangaroos, Crystals, Continence and Oracles; V.Bell Foucault, the Modern Mother, and Maternal Power: Notes Toward a Genealogy of the Mother; K.Logan Foucault, the Family, and the Cold Monster of Neoliberalism; G.Harkins PART II: EVALUATIONS Jacques Donzelot's The Policing of Families (1977) in Context; J.M.Pestaña (Translated from Spanish by Judith Glueck) Gender, Reproductive Politics, and the Liberal State: Beyond Foucault; V.Mottier Foucault, the Family, and History: 'Imaginary Landscape and Real Social Structure'; D.Thom 'Présentation', Le Désordre des familles: Lettres de cachet des Archives de la Bastille (1982); A.Farge  & M.Foucault (Translated from French by Leon Antonio Rocha and Thibaud Harrois) 'That Dazzling, Momentary Wake' of the lettre de cachet: The Problem of Experience in Foucault's Practice of History; L.Rocha Afterword: Foucault's Family Resemblances; T.Carver