----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Not specifically discourse theory, but rather a Foucauldian excavation of "political economy"; cf., Denis Meuret, 'A Political Genealogy of Political Economy', _Economy and Society_, volume 17, number 2, May, 1988. Also, 'Theatrum politicum: The genealogy of capital - police and the state of prosperity', by Pasquale Pasquino, in Burchill, Gordon, and Miller (eds), _The Foucault Effect_. Foucault's own paper, "Governmentality", in the same book, is an important contribution, as is Colin Gordon's general introduction. Other papers there are relevant, as are some in the recent _Foucault and Political Reason_, edited by Barry, Osborne and Rose. Ian Robert Douglas ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]