The Government of Self and Others : Lectures at the Collège de France 1982-1983 /

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...

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Main Author:	Foucault, Michel (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Ewald, François (Editor), Fontana, Alessandro, 1939-2013 (Editor), Gros, Frédéric (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:	Michel Foucault, Lectures at the Collège de France
Subjects:	Philosophy. Modern Philosophy. Political Philosophy. Political Science. Social Philosophy. Philosophy, Modern. Political science > Philosophy. Political science. Social sciences > Philosophy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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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.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (XVII, 402 pages)
ISBN:	9780230274730
DOI:	10.1057/9780230274730