Fearless speech / Michel Foucault ; edited by Joseph Pearson.
This volume is based on a series of lectures given by Foucault on 'parrhesia', the Greek notion of fearless speech. This term describes the speech of anyone with the moral qualities to speak the truth, even in defiance of convention.
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Los Angeles, Ca[lif.] :
Semiotext(e),
[2001]
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Series: | Semiotext(e) foreign agents series.
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Summary: | This volume is based on a series of lectures given by Foucault on 'parrhesia', the Greek notion of fearless speech. This term describes the speech of anyone with the moral qualities to speak the truth, even in defiance of convention. |
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Item Description: | " ... compiled from tape-recordings made of six lectures delivered, in English, by Michael Foucault at the University of California at Berkeley in the Fall Term of 1983"--Preface. |
Physical Description: | 183 pages ; 18 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 1584350113 9781584350118 |