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

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

Paperback

Series: Michel Foucault Lectures at the Collège de France, Book 10

PhilosophyGeneral Political Science

Publisher Price: $28.99

ISBN10: 0312572921
ISBN13: 9780312572921
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: Apr 26 2011
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.76 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.23
Language: English

This lecture, given by Michel Foucault at the Collège 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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