“Discourse and Truth” and “Parresia” by Michel Foucault, ISBN-13: 978-0226509464
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- Publisher: University of Chicago Press; First edition (July 8, 2019)
- Language: English
- 295 pages
- ISBN-10: 022650946X
- ISBN-13: 978-0226509464
This volume collects a series of lectures given by the renowned French thinker Michel Foucault late in his career. The book is composed of two parts: a talk, Parrēsia, delivered at the University of Grenoble in 1982, and a series of lectures entitled “Discourse and Truth,” given at the University of California, Berkeley in 1983, which appears here for the first time in its full and correct form. Together, they provide an unprecedented account of Foucault’s reading of the Greek concept of parrēsia, often translated as “truth-telling” or “frank speech.” The lectures trace the transformation of this concept across Greek, Roman, and early Christian thought, from its origins in pre-Socratic Greece to its role as a central element of the relationship between teacher and student. In mapping the concept’s history, Foucault’s concern is not to advocate for free speech; rather, his aim is to explore the moral and political position one must occupy in order to take the risk to speak truthfully.
These lectures—carefully edited and including notes and introductory material to fully illuminate Foucault’s insights—are a major addition to Foucault’s English language corpus.
Table of Contents:
Abbreviations of Works by Michel Foucault
Preface
Introduction
Note on the English Edition
Parrēsia
Lecture at the University of Grenoble: May 18, 1982
Discourse and Truth
Lectures at the University of California–Berkeley: October–November 1983
Notes
Michel Foucault (1926–1984) was a French historian and philosopher associated with the structuralist and poststructuralist movements. He is often considered the most influential social theorist of the second half of the twentieth century, not only in philosophy but in a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Among his most notable books are Madness and Civilization, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality.
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