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In the first of his annual series of lectures at the Collège de France, Foucault develops a vigorous Nietzschean history of the will to know through an analysis of changing procedures of truth, legal forms, and class struggles in ancient Greece.

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"Foucault is quite central to our sense of where we are." - The Nation

"Ideas spark off nearly every page . . . The words may have been spoken in [the 1970s], but they seem as alive and relevant as if they had been written yesterday." - Bookforum



Table of Contents
Foreword: François Ewald and Alessandro Fontana Translator's Note 1. 9 December 1970 2. 16 December 1970 3. 6 January 1971 4. 13 January 1971 5. 27 January 1971 6. 3 February 1971 7. 10 February 1971 8. 17 February 1971 9. 24 February 1971 10. 3 March 1971 11. 10 March 1971 12. 17 March 1971 13. Lecture On Nietzsche Course summary Oedipal Knowledge Course context Index of notions Index of names

Lectures on the Will to Know

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      Publisher Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Published 4 September 2013
      ISBN-13 9781403986566
      978-1403986566
      ISBN-10 1403986568
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      History: specific events and topics Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Political science and theory Books by Michel Foucault

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In the first of his annual series of lectures at the Collège de France, Foucault develops a vigorous Nietzschean history of the will to know through an analysis of changing procedures of truth, legal forms, and class struggles in ancient Greece.

      Trade Review

      "Foucault is quite central to our sense of where we are." - The Nation

      "Ideas spark off nearly every page . . . The words may have been spoken in [the 1970s], but they seem as alive and relevant as if they had been written yesterday." - Bookforum



      Table of Contents
      Foreword: François Ewald and Alessandro Fontana Translator's Note 1. 9 December 1970 2. 16 December 1970 3. 6 January 1971 4. 13 January 1971 5. 27 January 1971 6. 3 February 1971 7. 10 February 1971 8. 17 February 1971 9. 24 February 1971 10. 3 March 1971 11. 10 March 1971 12. 17 March 1971 13. Lecture On Nietzsche Course summary Oedipal Knowledge Course context Index of notions Index of names

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