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The Government of Self and Others Lectures at the College de France, 1982-1983

by: Foucault, Michel; Davidson, Arnold I.; Burchell, Graham

The Government of Self and Others Lectures at the College de France, 1982-1983

by: Foucault, Michel; Davidson, Arnold I.; Burchell, Graham

ISBN 13:
9780312572921
ISBN 10:
0312572921
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/26/2011
Publisher: Picador

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Summary

This lecture, given by Michel Foucault at the College de France, launches an inquiry into the notion of parresiaand continues his rereading of ancient philosophy. Through the study of this notion of truth-telling, of speaking out freely, Foucault reexamines Greek citizenship, showing how the courage of the truth forms the forgotten ethical basis of Athenian democracy. The figure of the philosopher king, the condemnation of writing, and Socrates' rejection of political involvement are some of the many topics of ancient philosophy revisited here.

Author Biography

Michel Foucault acknowledged as the preeminent philosopher of France in the 1970s and 1980s, continues to have enormous impact throughout the world in many disciplines. He died in 1984.

Arnold I. Davidson (Editor) is the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, and Professor of the History of Political Philosophy at the University of Pisa. He is co-editor of the volume Michel Foucault: Philosophie. He lives in Chicago.

Graham Burchell (Translator) is the translator, and has written essays on Michel Foucault. He is an Editor of The Foucault Effect.

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