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010 $a 2011414128
020 $a9781403986689 (hardback)
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050 00 $aB2430.F723$bC6813 2011
100 1 $aFoucault, Michel,$d1926-1984.
240 10 $aWorks.$kSelections.$lEnglish.$f2011
245 14 $aThe courage of truth :$bthe government of self and others II : lectures at the Collège de France 1983-1984 /$cMichel Foucault ; edited by Frederic Gros ; general editors, Francðois Ewald and Alessandro Fontana ; English series editor, Arnold I. Davidson ; translated by Graham Burchell.
246 30 $aGovernment of self and others II
246 30 $aLectures at the Collège de France 1983-1984
260 $aBasingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $a364 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aForeword : François Ewald and Alessandro Fontana -- 1 February 1984 : first hour -- 1 February 1984 : second hour -- 8 February 1984 : first hour -- 8 February 1984 : second hour -- 15 February 1984 : first hour -- 15 February 1984 : second hour -- 22 February 1984 : first hour -- 22 February 1984 : second hour -- 29 February 1984 : first hour -- 29 February 1984 : second hour -- 7 March 1984 : first hour -- 7 March 1984 : second hour -- 14 March 1984 : first hour -- 14 March 1984 : second hour -- 21 March 1984 : first hour -- 21 March 1984 : second hour -- 28 March 1984 : first hour -- 28 March 1984 : second hour -- Course content.
520 8 $a"The course given by Michel Foucault from February to March 1984, under the title 'The Courage of Truth', was his last at the Collège de France. His death shortly after, on June 25th, tempts us to detect a philosophical testament in these lectures, especially in view of the prominence they give to the theme of death, notably through a reinterpretation of Socrates' last words--'Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius'--which, with Georges Dumézil, Foucault understands as the expression of a profound gratitude towards philosophy for its cure of the only serious illness: that of false opinions and prejudices. These lectures continue and radicalize the analyses of those of the previous year. Foucault's 1983 lectures investigated the function of 'truth telling' in politics in order to establish courage and conviction as ethical conditions for democracy irreducible to the formal rules of consensus. With the Cynics, this manifestation of the truth no longer appears simply as a risky speaking out, but in the very substance of existence. In fact, Foucault offers an incisive study of ancient Cynicism as practical philsophy, athleticism of the truth, public provocation, and ascetic sovereignty. The scandal of the true life is constructed in oppositon to Platonism and its world of transcendent intelligible forms"--Publisher's description, p. [2] of dust jacket.
600 10 $aFoucault, Michel,$d1926-1984.
650 0 $aTruthfulness and falsehood.
700 1 $aGros, Frédéric.
700 1 $aEwald, François.
700 1 $aFontana, Alessandro,$d1939-2013.
700 1 $aDavidson, Arnold I.$q(Arnold Ira),$d1955-
700 1 $aBurchell, Graham.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1203/2011414128-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1203/2011414128-d.html