Research Catalog

Title

The courage of the truth (the government of self and others II) : lectures at the Collège de France, 1983-1984 / Michel Foucault ; edited by Frédéric Gros ; general editors, François Ewald and Alessandro Fontana ; English series editor, Arnold I. Davidson ; translated by Graham Burchell.

Author

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Description

xvi, 364 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"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.

Uniform Title

Courage de la vérité. English

Alternative Title

• Courage de la vérité.
• Government of self and others II
• Courage of truth
• Lectures at the Collège de France.

Subjects

• Truthfulness and falsehood
• PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy
• Freedom of speech > Philosophy
• POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory
• Political science > Philosophy > 20th century > Study and teaching
• Philosophy, Modern > 20th century > Study and teaching
• PHILOSOPHY > Political

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the French.

Contents

Foreword : 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.

Call Number

JFD 12-690

ISBN

• 9781403986689 (hardback)
• 1403986681 (hardback)
• 9780230112889
• 0230112889

LCCN

2011001642

OCLC

YBP 2011001642

Author

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Title

The courage of the truth (the government of self and others II) : lectures at the Collège de France, 1983-1984 / Michel Foucault ; edited by Frédéric Gros ; general editors, François Ewald and Alessandro Fontana ; English series editor, Arnold I. Davidson ; translated by Graham Burchell.

Imprint

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

Translated from the French.

Added Author

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Lectures at the Collège de France.

Cover Title

Courage of truth

Added Title

Lectures at the Collège de France.

Research Call Number

JFD 12-690