Foucault and Classical Antiquity: Power, Ethics and Knowledge - Brossura

Detel, Wolfgang

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ISBN 10: 0521179726 ISBN 13: 9780521179720

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

This 2005 book is a critical examination of Michel Foucault's relation to ancient Greek thought, in particular his famous analysis of Greek history of sexuality. Wolfgang Detel offers an understanding of Foucault's theories of power and knowledge based on modern analytical theories of science and concepts of power. He offers a complex reading of the texts which Foucault discusses, covering topics such as Aristotle's ethics and theory of sex, Hippocratic dietetics, the earliest treatises on economics, and Plato's theory of love. The result is a philosophically rich and probing critique of Foucault's later writings, and a persuasive account of the relation between ethics, power and knowledge in classical antiquity. His book will have a wide appeal to readers interested in Foucault and in Greek thought and culture.

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This 2005 book is a critical examination of Michel Foucault's relation to ancient Greek thought. It offers a complex reading of the texts which Foucault discusses, covering topics such as Aristotle's ethics and theory of sex, Hippocratic dietetics, the earliest treatises on economics, and Plato's theory of love.

Contenuti:

Introduction; 1. Morals, knowledge and power; 2. The ethical teleology; 3. The scientific regimen; 4. The asymmetrical relationship; 5. The epistemic eros; 6. Gender, nature and reference.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521179726
• ISBN 13: 9780521179720
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 292