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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.
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The Government of Self and Others, Michel Foucault
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- 2010
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Michel Foucault
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 424
- ISBN10
- 1403986673
- ISBN13
- 9781403986672
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Political Science & Politics, Philosophical Topics, Politics, France, Sociology, Scientific Theories
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- 4.4 out of 5
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- 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.