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The Government of Self and Others

Lectures at the Collège de France 1982–1983
By:Arnold I. Davidson; Graham Burchell; M. Foucault
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781403986665
eText ISBN:9780230274730
Edition:0
Copyright:2010
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.