The government of self and others / Michel Foucault ; edited by Frédéric Gros ; general editors, François Ewald and Alessandro Fontana ; translated by Graham Burchell
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan ; New York : St Martin's Press, 2010
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Translator's Note; Chapter One: 5 January 1983: First Hour; Chapter Two: 5 January 1983: Second Hour; Chapter Three: 12 January 1983: First Hour; Chapter Four: 12 January 1983: Second Hour; Chapter Five: 19 January 1983: First Hour; Chapter Six: 19 January 1983: Second Hour; Chapter Seven: 26 January 1983: First Hour; Chapter Eight: 26 January 1983: Second Hour; Chapter Nine: 2 February 1983: First Hour; Chapter Ten: 2 February 1983: Second Hour; Chapter Eleven: 9 February 1983: First Hour; Chapter Twelve: 9 February 1983: Second Hour
Summary
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
