Speaking the Truth about Oneself

Lectures at Victoria University, Toronto, 1982

AvMichel Foucault,Henri-Paul Fruchaud

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Just before the summer of 1982, French philosopher Michel Foucault gave a series of lectures at Victoria University in Toronto. In these lectures, which were part of his project of writing a genealogy of the modern subject, he is concerned with the care and cultivation of the self, a theme that becomes central to the second, third, and fourth volumes of his History of Sexuality. Throughout his career, Foucault had always been interested in the question of how constellations of knowledge and power produce and shape subjects, and in the last phase of his life, he became especially interested not only in how subjects are formed by these forces, but in how they ethically constitute themselves.In this lecture series and accompanying seminar, Foucault focuses on antiquity, starting with classical Greece, the early Roman Empire, and concluding with Christian monasticism in the fourth and fifth centuries AD. Foucault traces the development of a new kind of verbal practice-"speaking the truth about oneself"-in which the subject increasingly comes to be defined by its inner thoughts and desires. He deemed this new form of "hermeneutical" subjectivity important not just for historical reasons but also due to its enduring significance in modern society. Is another form of the self possible today?

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-10-07
Mått:140 x 216 x 27 mm
Vikt:488 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Chicago Foucault Project
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:The University of Chicago Press
ISBN:9780226616865
Översättare:Daniel Louis Wyche

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Michel Foucault (1926–84) was a French philosopher and historian who held the Chair of the History of Systems of Thought at the Collège de France. His many books in English include The Order of Things, Discipline and Punish, The History of Sexuality, and “Discourse and Truth” and “Parrēsia,” the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press. Henri-Paul Fruchaud is an editor of Michel Foucault’s posthumous works. Daniele Lorenzini is assistant professor of philosophy and deputy director of the Centre for Research in Post-Kantian European Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Daniel Louis Wyche is visiting assistant professor of religious studies at Albion College.

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“This is a crucial text in the development of Foucault’s ideas about technologies of the self and the question of parrēsia, especially for his contrast of Greco-Roman antiquity and early Christianity. Particularly notable is that as well as a partial record of his Toronto lectures, this volume also includes a rare record of how he conducted his seminars. Skillfully edited from surviving materials, this is a valuable addition to our understanding of Foucault’s final projects.“

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IntroductionHenri-Paul Fruchaud and Daniele Lorenzini, translated by Daniel Louis WycheNote on the Reconstruction of the TextList of Abbreviations of Works by Michel Foucault Lecture I The Technology of the SelfLecture II [Second English Version]Lecture II [Recorded Version]Lecture III [First English Version]Lecture III [Second English Version]Lecture IVLecture VThe Seminar, June 1982First Meeting Second MeetingThird MeetingFourth Meeting NotesIndex