[The Government of the Self and Others 01] • The Government of Self and Others · Lectures at the College de France, 1982-1983 (Lectures at the Collège de France)

[The Government of the Self and Others 01] • The Government of Self and Others · Lectures at the College de France, 1982-1983 (Lectures at the Collège de France)
Authors
Foucault, Michel
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Tags
philosophy , sociology
ISBN
9781429961707
Date
2008-01-24T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.42 MB
Lang
en
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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.