Full Idea
On a radical reading of Foucault, the very ideal of a rational, autonomous moral agent that lies at the heart of liberal governmentality is nothing more than the effect of a particular form of domination.
Gist of Idea
Maybe the rational autonomous liberal individual is merely the result of domination
Source
Andrew Shorten (Contemporary Political Theory [2016], 06)
A Reaction
[Apologies for the word 'governmentality'; I'm just the messenger] Presumably Foucault's philosophy is also the result of domination, so it is hard to know where to start. The status of rationality is the central issue.
Book Reference
Shorten,Andrew: 'Contemporary Political Theory' [Palgrave 2016], p.167