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The Government of Self and Others: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1982-1983 (Michel Foucault Lectures at the Collège de France, 10) Paperback – April 26, 2011

by Michel Foucault (Author), Frédéric Gros (Editor), Alessandro Fontana (Editor, Foreword),
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This lecture, given by Michel Foucault at the Collège de France, launches an inquiry into the notion of parresia and continues his rereading of ancient philosophy. Through the study of this notion of truth-telling, of speaking out freely, Foucault re-examines Greek citizenship, showing how the courage of the truth forms the forgotten ethical basis of Athenian democracy. The figure of the philosopher king, the condemnation of writing, and Socrates' rejection of political involvement are some of the many topics of ancient philosophy revisited here.

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    Michel Foucault, Lectures at the Collège de France
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    432 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Picador
  5. Publication date
    April 26, 2011
  6. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.96 x 8.25 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0312572921
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0312572921
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“[Foucault] has an alert and sensitive mind that can ignore the familiar surfaces of established intellectual codes and ask new questions...[He] gives dramatic quality to the movement of culture.” ―The New York Review of Books

“Foucault is quite central to our sense of where we are...” ―The Nation

“These lectures offer important insights into the evolution of the primary focus of Foucault's later work - the relationship between power and knowledge.” ―Library Journal

“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

About the Author

Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was acknowledged as the preeminent philosopher of France in the 1970s and 1980s, and continues to have enormous impact throughout the world in many disciplines.

His books include The Government of Self and Others, The Courage of Truth, The Birth of Biopolitics, and The Punitive Society.



Graham Burchell (Translator) is the translator, and has written essays on Michel Foucault. He is an Editor of The Foucault Effect.



Arnold I. Davidson (Editor) is the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, and Professor of the History of Political Philosophy at the University of Pisa. He is co-editor of the volume Michel Foucault: Philosophie. He lives in Chicago.



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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Picador (April 26, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312572921
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312572921
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.96 x 8.25 inches
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One of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in post-war France, Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.

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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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Foucault
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2014
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Foucault is difficult, but essential. For anybody seeking a way in, the series entitled 'Lectures at the College De France', beginning with  Lectures on the Will to Know  is perfect. Because the lectures were written for a lay public, the language makes his concepts much more accessible than does his academic writing. You can almost hear his voice in the presentations. In addition, the lectures distill what later become full-blown treatments. So one can get the essence of Foucault, and witness his development and change as a thinker, by reading the series in chronological order. That might now be possible with the publication of the above-mentioned 'Will...'.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Foucault illuminates truth telling in radical ways
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This lecture series from Foucault just before his death illuminates essential elements in the rules that western culture has evolved as aspects of what constitutes acquiring the truth. Foucault goes beyond the conventional debate about truth as some kind of fact, whether empirical, absolute or relatives, to truth being constituted as special kinds of acts.
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a great book, anyone working in social/human sciences field should read that
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Aliki Bacopoulou
5.0 out of 5 stars addicted to Truth!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2013
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I bought this book because I believe it will help me with research I am doing on Truth and its relationship to Philosophy.
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