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""Discourse and Truth"" and ""Parresia""

By (author) Michel Foucault, Edited by Henri-Paul Fruchaud, Edited by Daniele Lorenzini, Introduction by FrÃ©dÃ©ric Gros, Translated by Nancy Luxon

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Foucault's lectures on the moral and political challenges of truth-tellingâ€”now in paperback.Â This volume collects a series of lectures given by the renowned French thinker Michel Foucault late in his career. The book is composed of two parts: a talk, ParrÄ“sia, delivered at the University of Grenoble in 1982, and a series of lectures entitled â€œDiscourse and Truth,â€ given at the University of California, Berkeley in 1983, which appears here for the first time in its full and correct form. Together, they provide an unprecedented account of Foucaultâ€™s reading of the Greek concept of parrÄ“sia, often translated as â€œtruth-tellingâ€ or â€œfrank speech.â€ The lectures trace the transformation of this concept across Greek, Roman, and early Christian thought, from its origins in pre-Socratic Greece to its role as a central element of the relationship between teacher and student. In mapping the conceptâ€™s history, Foucaultâ€™s concern is not to advocate for free speech; rather, his aim is to explore the moral and political position one must occupy in order to take the risk to speak truthfully. These lecturesâ€”carefully edited and including notes and introductory material to fully illuminate Foucaultâ€™s insightsâ€”are a major addition to Foucaultâ€™s English language corpus. Â