Just before the summer of 1982, French philosopher Michel Foucault gave a series of lectures at Victoria University in Toronto. In these lectures, which were part of his project of writing a genealogy of the modern subject, he is concerned with the care and cultivation of the self, a theme that becomes central to the second, third, and fourth volumes of his History of Sexuality. Throughout his career, Foucault had always been interested in the question of how constellations of knowledge and power produce and shape subjects, and in the last phase of his life, he became especially interested not only in how subjects are formed by these forces, but in how they ethically constitute themselves.
In this lecture series and accompanying seminar, Foucault focuses on antiquity, starting with classical Greece, the early Roman Empire, and concluding with Christian monasticism in the fourth and fifth centuries AD. Foucault traces the development of a new kind of verbal practice-"speaking the truth about oneself"-in which the subject increasingly comes to be defined by its inner thoughts and desires. He deemed this new form of "hermeneutical" subjectivity important not just for historical reasons but also due to its enduring significance in modern society. Is another form of the self possible today?
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A collection of Foucault's lectures that trace the historical formation and contemporary significance of the hermeneutics of the self.
Introduction
Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Daniele Lorenzini, translated by Daniel Louis Wyche
Note on the Reconstruction of the Text
List of Abbreviations of Works by Michel Foucault
Lecture I The Technology of the Self
Lecture II [Second English Version]
Lecture II [Recorded Version]
Lecture III [First English Version]
Lecture III [Second English Version]
Lecture IV
Lecture V
The Seminar, June 1982
First Meeting
Second Meeting
Third Meeting
Fourth Meeting
Notes
Index
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“This is a crucial text in the development of Foucault’s ideas about technologies of the self and the question of parrēsia, especially for his contrast of Greco-Roman antiquity and early Christianity. Particularly notable is that as well as a partial record of his Toronto lectures, this volume also includes a rare record of how he conducted his seminars. Skillfully edited from surviving materials, this is a valuable addition to our understanding of Foucault’s final projects.“
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9780226616865
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2021-10-07
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University of Chicago Press
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216 mm
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140 mm
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G, 01
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