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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Between 1978 and 1983, Foucault’s work underwent a dramatic and much-discussed shift from a focus on governmentality and biopolitics to an exploration of ancient techniques and practices of the self. This new volume juxtaposes two texts that chart this transformation and situate it in relation to Foucault’s simultaneously emerging interest in reanimating Kantian notions of critique and enlightenment. This volume will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Foucault’s late work and its relevance for the practice of critical theory, broadly construed.” -- Amy Allen, Penn State University
“In his lectures, Foucault often sharply sums up essential ideas about his work. These two seminal lectures, ‘What Is Critique?’ and ‘The Culture of the Self,’ are no exception. They reveal the stakes of his inquiry: philosophy has always been, since its inception, a practice of critique and a technology of the self. It is in this dual task that we must still find its meaning today.” -- Johanna Oksala, Loyola University Chicago
Table of ContentsEditors’ Note Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Daniele Lorenzini Translator’s Note Clare O’Farrell Abbreviations of Works by Michel Foucault
Introduction Daniele Lorenzini and Arnold I. Davidson What Is Critique? (Lecture to the Société française de Philosophie | May 27, 1978) Michel Foucault The Culture of the Self (Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley | April 12, 1983) Michel Foucault Discussion with the Department of Philosophy
Discussion with the Department of History
Discussion with the Department of French Notes
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