An exciting and highly original examination of the practices of truth-telling and speaking out freely (parr?sia) in ancient Greek tragedy and philosophy. Foucault discusses the difficult and changing practices of truth-telling in ancient democracies and tyrannies and offers a new perspective on the specific relationship of philosophy to politics.
| ISBN: | 9781403986672 |
| Publication date: | 14th April 2010 |
| Author: | Michel Foucault |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 402 pages |
| Series: | Michel Foucault, Lectures at the Collège De France |
| Genres: |
Social and political philosophy Political science and theory Philosophical traditions and schools of thought |