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

By Michel Foucault

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
ISBN
1403986665, 9781403986665, 9780230274730, 0230274730
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3141342 bytes)
Series
Michel Foucault: Lectures at the College de France
Pages
421\421
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This lecture, given by Michel Foucault at the Coll?ge de France, launches an inquiry into the notion of parresia and continues his rereading of ancient philosophy. Through the study of this notion of truth-telling, of speaking out freely, Foucault re-examines 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.

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