The Last Man Takes LSD

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Last Man Takes LSD

1. The Birth of a Controversy
Foucault and the liberal arts of government
Foucault in his present
Neoliberalism
The intellectual

2. Searching for a Left Governmentality
Foucault against the post-war Left
Neoliberalism beyond Right and Left
Towards a ‘new political culture’

3. Beyond the Sovereign Subject: Against Interpretation
Against the sovereignty of the author
Th e rise and fall of the modern subject

4. Ordeals: Personal and Political
Veridiction and forms of truth
Experimentation and knowledge through the ordeal
A ‘political spirituality’ against the sovereign

5. The Revolution Beheaded
Th e self as a battlefield
Resistance as ‘desubjectification’
Proliferation against power
Neoliberalism: a framework for pluralism
An ‘intelligent use’ of neoliberalism

6. Foucault’s Normativity
Sexuality and morality
Th e revolution
Inequality and neoliberal governmentality
The California Foucault

7. Rogue Neoliberalism and Liturgical Power
The 1970s: coming down
Towards a left governmentality
Confessional civil war

Epilogue
Afterword
Index