The Hermeneutics of the Subject: Lectures at the Collège de France 1981--1982: 9 (Michel Foucault Lectures at the Collège de France) - Softcover

Foucault, Michel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312425708 ISBN 13: 9780312425708

Publisher: Picador, 2005

Synopsis

The Hermeneutics of the Subject is the third volume in the collection of Michel Foucault+s lectures at the Coll ge de France, where Foucault+s candid and wide-ranging lectures influenced groundbreaking works like The History of Sexuality and Madness and Civilization. In the lectures comprising this volume, Foucault focuses on how the -self+ and the -care of the self+ have been conceived during the period of antiquity, beginning with Socrates. The problems of the ethical formation of the self, Foucault argues, form the background for modern conceptions of the self and remain at the center of contemporary moral thought. Engaging and provocative, The Hermeneutics of the Subject reveals Foucault at the height of his powers.

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About the Author

Michel Foucault's works include Madness and Civilization and The History of Sexuality. Series editor Arnold I. Davidson teaches at the University of Chicago. Translator Graham Burchell has written essays on Foucault and was an editor of The Foucault Effect. He lives in Italy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312425708
• ISBN 13: 9780312425708
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608