On the Government of the Living: Lectures at the Coll?ge de France, 1979-1980 - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michel Foucault, Arnold I. Davidson, Graham BurchellSeries:Lectures at the College de FrancePublish date:2016-03-08Pages:384
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250081612ISBN-10:1250081610UPC:9781250081612Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, Essays, History & SurveysBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.30 x 5.60 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7Product ID:SCKCTMP4RJ
Foucault's Lectures on Truth, Power, and Self-Examination
In these 1980 lectures, Michel Foucault delivers a significant contribution to his history of "regimes of truth," examining how power structures demand not just obedience but active participation in truth-telling procedures. This volume captures Foucault's exploration of why individuals subject to power relations must become subjects in procedures of truth-telling about themselves.Core Philosophical Examination
Foucault investigates the ethical domain of practices and techniques of the self, building upon his earlier work on knowledge-power and governmentality. The lectures address fundamental questions: How does the exercise of power as government require "truth acts" from individuals? Why must subjects not only tell the truth, but specifically tell the truth about themselves?From Sophocles to Early Christianity
These questions lead to a re-reading of Sophocles' Oedipus the King before moving to an examination of early Christian texts. Through detailed analysis of Tertullian, Cassian, and other early Christian writers, Foucault analyzes 'truth acts' in baptism, penance, and spiritual direction. The lectures reveal how believers were called upon to manifest truth about themselves as subjects perpetually at risk of sin.The Emergence of Confession
Foucault traces the organization of a pastoral system centered on confession through public expression of the subject's sinful condition, rituals of repentance and penance, and detailed verbalization of thoughts in conscience examination. This analysis provides crucial insights into the historical formation of Western subjectivity and power relations.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250081612ISBN-10:1250081610UPC:9781250081612Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, Essays, History & SurveysBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.30 x 5.60 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7Product ID:SCKCTMP4RJ
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. His many works include Madness and Civilization, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality trilogy. He died in 1984.
Arnold I. Davidson is a professor at the University of Chicago and the University of Pisa. He is co-editor of the volume Michel Foucault: Philosophie.
Graham Burchell is the translator, and has written essays on Michel Foucault. He is an Editor of The Foucault Effect.
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