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It is in the 1979 lectures  Naissance de la 
Biopolitique, at the beginning of the lecture of 
March 7, Franch edition p.191-192:
"Le terme même de pouvoir .... ce n'est pas autre 
chose qu'une proposition de grille d'analyse pour ces relations de pouvoir"


yours
machiel karskens

At 12:03 28-7-2008, you wrote:
> Hi Matthew, that's a nice reference, and one I 
> had forgotten about, but unfortunately it's not 
> the one I'm looking for. I'm almost certain it 
> is in one of the English translation of Foucault 
> lectures at the Collège de France, and in it 
> Foucault states something like power is neither 
> a thing nor refers to a thing but is a question, 
> a grid of intelligibility for rendering certain 
> historical practices intelligible. I have looked 
> through all the lectures I have, but have been 
> unable to find it, so maybe I'm mistaken about 
> its location, but I know I have read it 
> somewhere. Regards, Kevin. > -----Original 
> Message----- > From: making@xxxxxxxx > Sent: 
> Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:39:35 -0400 (EDT) > To: 
> foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: 
> [Foucault-L] nominalism and power ref... > > 
> Kevin, > > I think what you're looking for is on 
> the second page of the "Method" > chapter of 
> History of Sexuality vol. 1: > > "One needs to 
> be nominalistic, no doubt: power is not an 
> institution, not > a structure; neither is it a 
> certain strength we are endowed with; it is > 
> the name that one attributes to a complex 
> strategical situation in a > particular 
> society." (p. 93 in the 1990 Vintage 
> edition) > > Best to all, > Matthew > > On Sun, 
> 27 Jul 2008, Kevin Turner wrote: > >> Dear 
> All, >> >> Firstly, I like to thank you all for 
> your response to my last question: >> it was 
> very helpful not only in clarifying the 
> translation, but in >> showing that there is no 
> refuge in the French originals, since the >> 
> passage in question could be read in a number of 
> ways in both English >> and French 
> versions. >> >> Now to my question. I am trying 
> to find a quote where Foucault talks >> about 
> power in nominalist terms, where he describes 
> power as being a >> tool of analysis and not a 
> reflection of objective reality. The problem >> 
> is I cannot remember where I read this, whether 
> it was in one of the >> interviews or in one of 
> the lectures. >> >> Thanks in advance for your 
> help with this. >> Regards, >> Kevin. >> >> 
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Prof. Machiel Karskens
social and political philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands