The Government of Self and Others: Lectures at the Collège de France 1982–1983 (Michel Foucault, Lectures at the College de France) (Lectures at the College de France, #7)

by M. Foucault, Arnold I Davidson, and Graham Burchell

An exciting and highly original examination of the practices of truth-telling and speaking out freely (parr?sia) in ancient Greek tragedy and philosophy. Foucault discusses the difficult and changing practices of truth-telling in ancient democracies and tyrannies and offers a new perspective on the specific relationship of philosophy to politics.

• ISBN13: 9781403986672
• Publish Date: 14 April 2010
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 402
• Language: English