The Government of Self and Others (Michel Foucault: Lectures at the Collège de France)

by Michel Foucault (Author), ProfessorArnoldI.Davidson (Series Editor), Mr Graham Burchell (Series Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $67.20

  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.