The Government of Self and Others Lectures at the Collège de France 1982–1983
An exciting and highly original examination of the practices of truth-telling and speaking out freely (parr?sia) in ancient Greek tragedy and philosophy. Foucault discusses the difficult and changing practices of truth-telling in ancient democracies and tyrannies and offers a new perspective on the...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2010, 2010
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Series: | Michel Foucault, Lectures at the Collège de France
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | An exciting and highly original examination of the practices of truth-telling and speaking out freely (parr?sia) in ancient Greek tragedy and philosophy. Foucault discusses the difficult and changing practices of truth-telling in ancient democracies and tyrannies and offers a new perspective on the specific relationship of philosophy to politics |
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Physical Description: | XVII, 402 p. 21 illus online resource |
ISBN: | 9780230274730 |