Lectures on the Will to Know (Paperback)

Michel Foucault

ISBN 10: 1250050103 / ISBN 13: 9781250050106

Editore: St Martin's Press, New York, 2014

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Paperback. Lectures on the Will to Know reminds us that Michel Foucault's work only ever had one object: truth. Here, he builds on his earlier work, Discipline and Punish, to explore the relationship between tragedy, conflict, and truth-telling. He also explores the different forms of truth-telling, and their relation to power and the law. The publication of Lectures on the Will to Know marks a milestone in Foucault's reception, and it will no longer be possible to read him in the same way as before. Reminds us that Michel Foucault's work only ever had one object: truth. In this book, he builds on his earlier work, Discipline and Punish, to explore the relationship between tragedy, conflict, and truth-telling. It also explores the different forms of truth-telling, and their relation to power and the law. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Lectures on the Will to Know (Paperback)
• Editore: St Martin's Press, New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1250050103
• ISBN 13: 9781250050106
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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Lectures on the Will to Know reminds us that Michel Foucault's work only ever had one object: truth. Here, he builds on his earlier work, Discipline and Punish, to explore the relationship between tragedy, conflict, and truth-telling. He also explores the different forms of truth-telling, and their relation to power and the law. The publication of Lectures on the Will to Know marks a milestone in Foucault's reception, and it will no longer be possible to read him in the same way as before.

Informazioni sull?autore

MICHEL FOUCAULT (1926–1984) acknowledged as the preeminent philosopher of France in the 1970s and '80s, continues to have enormous impact throughout the world in many disciplines. He is the author of multiple works, including Lectures on the Will to Know, The Courage of Truth, The Birth of Biopolitics, and more. ARNOLD I. DAVIDSON is a professor at the University of Chicago and the University of Pisa. He is co-editor of the volume Michel Foucault: Philosophie. GRAHAM BURCHELL has written essays on Michel Foucault and is an editor of The Foucault Effect.