Michel Foucault (1926–1984) was a French philosopher and historian who held the Chair of the History of Systems of Thought at the Collège de France. Henri-Paul Fruchaud is an editor of Michel Foucault’s posthumous works. Daniele Lorenzini is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Arnold I. Davidson is Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as well as the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. Clare O’Farrell is a senior lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. She is the founding editor of Foucault Studies.

“Between 1978 and 1983, Foucault’s work underwent a dramatic and much-discussed shift from a focus on governmentality and biopolitics to an exploration of ancient techniques and practices of the self. This new volume juxtaposes two texts that chart this transformation and situate it in relation to Foucault’s simultaneously emerging interest in reanimating Kantian notions of critique and enlightenment. This volume will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Foucault’s late work and its relevance for the practice of critical theory, broadly construed.”

• Editors’ Note Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Daniele Lorenzini Translator’s Note Clare O’Farrell Abbreviations of Works by Michel FoucaultIntroduction Daniele Lorenzini and Arnold I. Davidson What Is Critique? (Lecture to the Société française de Philosophie | May 27, 1978) Michel Foucault The Culture of the Self (Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley | April 12, 1983) Michel Foucault Discussion with the Department of PhilosophyDiscussion with the Department of HistoryDiscussion with the Department of French NotesIndex

Michel Foucault (1926–1984) was a French philosopher and historian who held the Chair of the History of Systems of Thought at the Collège de France. Henri-Paul Fruchaud is an editor of Michel Foucault’s posthumous works. Daniele Lorenzini is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Arnold I. Davidson is Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as well as the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. Clare O’Farrell is a senior lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. She is the founding editor of Foucault Studies.

“Between 1978 and 1983, Foucault’s work underwent a dramatic and much-discussed shift from a focus on governmentality and biopolitics to an exploration of ancient techniques and practices of the self. This new volume juxtaposes two texts that chart this transformation and situate it in relation to Foucault’s simultaneously emerging interest in reanimating Kantian notions of critique and enlightenment. This volume will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Foucault’s late work and its relevance for the practice of critical theory, broadly construed.”

• Editors’ Note Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Daniele Lorenzini Translator’s Note Clare O’Farrell Abbreviations of Works by Michel FoucaultIntroduction Daniele Lorenzini and Arnold I. Davidson What Is Critique? (Lecture to the Société française de Philosophie | May 27, 1978) Michel Foucault The Culture of the Self (Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley | April 12, 1983) Michel Foucault Discussion with the Department of PhilosophyDiscussion with the Department of HistoryDiscussion with the Department of French NotesIndex

Michel Foucault (1926–1984) was a French philosopher and historian who held the Chair of the History of Systems of Thought at the Collège de France. Henri-Paul Fruchaud is an editor of Michel Foucault’s posthumous works. Daniele Lorenzini is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Arnold I. Davidson is Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as well as the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. Clare O’Farrell is a senior lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. She is the founding editor of Foucault Studies.

“Between 1978 and 1983, Foucault’s work underwent a dramatic and much-discussed shift from a focus on governmentality and biopolitics to an exploration of ancient techniques and practices of the self. This new volume juxtaposes two texts that chart this transformation and situate it in relation to Foucault’s simultaneously emerging interest in reanimating Kantian notions of critique and enlightenment. This volume will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Foucault’s late work and its relevance for the practice of critical theory, broadly construed.”

• Editors’ Note Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Daniele Lorenzini Translator’s Note Clare O’Farrell Abbreviations of Works by Michel FoucaultIntroduction Daniele Lorenzini and Arnold I. Davidson What Is Critique? (Lecture to the Société française de Philosophie | May 27, 1978) Michel Foucault The Culture of the Self (Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley | April 12, 1983) Michel Foucault Discussion with the Department of PhilosophyDiscussion with the Department of HistoryDiscussion with the Department of French NotesIndex