Foucault and classical antiquity : power, ethics, and knowledge / Wolfgang Detel ; translated by David Wigg-Wolf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Detel, Wolfgang, author.

Contributor:

Wigg-Wolf, David, translator.

Series:

Modern European philosophy.

Modern European philosophy

Standardized Title:

Macht, Moral, Wissen. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Foucault, Michel.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Foucault & Classical Antiquity

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2005 book is a critical examination of Michel Foucault's relation to ancient Greek thought, in particular his famous analysis of Greek history of sexuality. Wolfgang Detel offers an understanding of Foucault's theories of power and knowledge based on modern analytical theories of science and concepts of power. He offers a complex reading of the texts which Foucault discusses, covering topics such as Aristotle's ethics and theory of sex, Hippocratic dietetics, the earliest treatises on economics, and Plato's theory of love. The result is a philosophically rich and probing critique of Foucault's later writings, and a persuasive account of the relation between ethics, power and knowledge in classical antiquity. His book will have a wide appeal to readers interested in Foucault and in Greek thought and culture.

Contents:

Morals, knowledge and power

The ethical teleology

The scientific regimen

The asymmetrical relationship

The epistemic eros

Gender, nature and reference.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-275) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13943-0

1-280-42187-8

0-511-17063-7

0-511-08054-9

0-511-20657-7

0-511-29778-5

0-511-48715-0

0-511-07978-8

OCLC:

171136824