Mitchell Dean

My research helps us understand the forms of thought and practice that constitute modern political and economic life. I have published in leading international journals. I have authored or co-authored nine books and edited two others, including Governmentality: Power and Rule in Modern Society (Sage 1999/2010), cited in the first edition of Michel Foucault’s lectures on the topic and the Oxford English Dictionary. I have also co-edited the first national collection of studies of governmentality (Governing Australia, Cambridge University Press, 1998). Published in five languages, my books have been widely reviewed and highly cited. My latest authored book, The Last Man Takes LSD: Foucault and the End of Revolution (Verso 2021/2023, with Daniel Zamora) has been profiled or reviewed in The Los Angeles Times, The New Statesman, The Spectator, Libération, Il Manifesto (IT), Information (DK), Der Freitag (Germany), and elsewhere. Its societal impact has been to stimulate reflection on dominant critical perspectives.