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Discourse and truth and parrēsia / Michel Foucault ; edited by Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Daniele Lorenzini ; introduction by Frédéric Gros ; English edition established by Nancy Luxon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984, author.
- Series:
- Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Selections (University of Chicago. Press). English Works.
- The Chicago Foucault Project
- Standardized Title:
- Discours et vérité: Précédé de La parrêsia. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of speech.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English and French.
- English translation of two seminars given in 1982 and 1983.
- Summary:
- This volume collects a series of lectures given by the renowned French thinker Michel Foucault late in his career. The book is composed of two parts: a talk, Parrēsia, delivered at the University of Grenoble in 1982, and a series of lectures entitled "Discourse and Truth," given at the University of California, Berkeley in 1983, which appears here for the first time in its full and correct form. Together, they provide an unprecedented account of Foucault's reading of the Greek concept of parrēsia, often translated as "truth-telling" or "frank speech." The lectures trace the transformation of this concept across Greek, Roman, and early Christian thought, from its origins in pre-Socratic Greece to its role as a central element of the relationship between teacher and student. In mapping the concept's history, Foucault's concern is not to advocate for free speech; rather, his aim is to explore the moral and political position one must occupy in order to take the risk to speak truthfully.
- Contents:
- Parrēsia : lecture at the University of Grenoble, May 18, 1982
- Discourse & truth : lectures at the University of California-Berkeley, October 24, 1983.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-226-50963-X
- OCLC:
- 1107305228
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