Lectures on the Will to Know

Author Michel Foucault: Michel Foucault, acknowledged as the pre-eminent philosopher of France in the 1970s and 1980s, continues to have enormous impact throughout the world in many disciplines.

"Foucault is quite central to our sense of where we are." - The Nation "Ideas spark off nearly every page ... The words may have been spoken in [the 1970s], but they seem as alive and relevant as if they had been written yesterday." - Bookforum

• Foreword: François Ewald and Alessandro Fontana Translator's Note 1. 9 December 1970 2. 16 December 1970 3. 6 January 1971 4. 13 January 1971 5. 27 January 1971 6. 3 February 1971 7. 10 February 1971 8. 17 February 1971 9. 24 February 1971 10. 3 March 1971 11. 10 March 1971 12. 17 March 1971 13. Lecture On Nietzsche Course summary Oedipal Knowledge Course context Index of notions Index of names