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About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self
Michel Foucault
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Hardcover. "Originally published as L'origine de l'hermaeneutique de soi: confaerences prononcaees aa Dartmouth College, 1980. Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, Paris, 2013." Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
In 1980, Michel Foucault began a vast project of research on the relationship between subjectivity and truth, an examination of conscience, confession, and truth-telling that would become a crucial feature of his life-long work on the relationship between knowledge, power, and the self. The lectures published here offer one of the clearest pathways into this project, contrasting Greco-Roman techniques of the self with those of early Christian monastic culture in order to uncover, in the latter, the historical origin of many of the features that still characterize the modern subject. They are accompanied by a public discussion and debate as ... Read more
In 1980, Michel Foucault began a vast project of research on the relationship between subjectivity and truth, an examination of conscience, confession, and truth-telling that would become a crucial feature of his life-long work on the relationship between knowledge, power, and the self. The lectures published here offer one of the clearest pathways into this project, contrasting Greco-Roman techniques of the self with those of early Christian monastic culture in order to uncover, in the latter, the historical origin of many of the features that still characterize the modern subject. They are accompanied by a public discussion and debate as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226188546
SKU
V9780226188546
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About Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault (1926-84) was one of the most significant social theorists of the twentieth century, his influence extending across many areas of the humanities and social sciences. He is the author of many books and published lectures, including, most recently, Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Graham Burchell is a freelance research and translator and has ... Read more
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