"Discourse and Truth" and "Parresia"
by Michel Foucault
2020-04-16 20:35:25
"Discourse and Truth" and "Parresia"
by Michel Foucault
2020-04-16 20:35:25
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, ParrÄsia, delivered at the University of Grenoble in 1982, and a series of lectures entit...
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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, ParrÄsia, delivered at the University of Grenoble in 1982, and a series of lectures entitled âDiscourse and Truth,â 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 Foucaultâs reading of the Greek concept of parrÄsia, often translated as âtruth-tellingâ or âfrank speech.â 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 conceptâs history, Foucaultâs 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. These lecturesâcarefully edited and including notes and introductory material to fully illuminate Foucaultâs insightsâare a major addition to Foucaultâs English language corpus.
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