Society Must Be Defended
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Society Must Be Defended is a series of lectures by Michel Foucault analyzing the historical emergence of modern power through concepts like war, race, and biopolitics.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Society Must Be Defended Context triple: [Michel Foucault, notableWork, Society Must Be Defended]
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A.
The Man Versus the State
The Man Versus the State is a political philosophy book by Herbert Spencer that critiques government intervention and defends individual liberty and limited state power.
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B.
The Soldier and the State
The Soldier and the State is a seminal work of political science that analyzes civil-military relations and the proper role of the military in democratic societies.
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C.
The Common Defense
The Common Defense is a book by political scientist Samuel P. Huntington that analyzes U.S. national security policy and civil-military relations during the Cold War era.
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D.
Renunciation of War
Renunciation of War is a foundational principle in Japan’s postwar constitution that commits the nation to pacifism by rejecting war and the maintenance of traditional military forces.
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E.
The Prerequisites of Peace
The Prerequisites of Peace is a political work by American socialist leader Norman Thomas that outlines the social, economic, and moral conditions he believed were necessary to achieve lasting global peace.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Society Must Be Defended Target entity description: Society Must Be Defended is a series of lectures by Michel Foucault analyzing the historical emergence of modern power through concepts like war, race, and biopolitics.
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A.
The Man Versus the State
The Man Versus the State is a political philosophy book by Herbert Spencer that critiques government intervention and defends individual liberty and limited state power.
-
B.
The Soldier and the State
The Soldier and the State is a seminal work of political science that analyzes civil-military relations and the proper role of the military in democratic societies.
-
C.
The Common Defense
The Common Defense is a book by political scientist Samuel P. Huntington that analyzes U.S. national security policy and civil-military relations during the Cold War era.
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D.
Renunciation of War
Renunciation of War is a foundational principle in Japan’s postwar constitution that commits the nation to pacifism by rejecting war and the maintenance of traditional military forces.
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E.
The Prerequisites of Peace
The Prerequisites of Peace is a political work by American socialist leader Norman Thomas that outlines the social, economic, and moral conditions he believed were necessary to achieve lasting global peace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
lecture series ⓘ |
| author | Michel Foucault ⓘ |
| basedOn | lectures at the Collège de France ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
biopower
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historical discourse of race struggle ⓘ normalization ⓘ state racism ⓘ war as a model of power relations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| editor |
Alessandro Fontana
ⓘ
Mauro Bertani ⓘ |
| englishTranslationPublicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
historical emergence of modern power
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relationship between war and politics ⓘ transition from sovereign power to biopower ⓘ |
| followedBy | Security, Territory, Population ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
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political theory ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| hasForm |
audio recordings of lectures
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printed book ⓘ |
| influenced |
biopolitics studies
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critical race theory ⓘ critical security studies ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| lectureAcademicYear | 1975–1976 ⓘ |
| lectureVenue | Collège de France ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
biopolitics
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discipline ⓘ power ⓘ race ⓘ racism ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ state ⓘ war ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Il faut défendre la société ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 300 ⓘ |
| partOf | Foucault’s Collège de France lecture publications ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
genealogy
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post-structuralism ⓘ |
| precededBy | Abnormal ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Palgrave Macmillan
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Picador ⓘ Éditions du Seuil ⓘ |
| series | Collège de France lectures ⓘ |
| translator | David Macey ⓘ |
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