Ethics

Ethics

Subjectivity and Truth: Essential Works of Michel Foucault 1954-1984

Summary

'A fabulous journey through thirty years of political and intellectual ferment ... will reorient our reading of Foucault's major works' Didier Eribon

The Essential Works of Michel Foucault offers the definitive collection of his articles, interviews and seminars from across thirty years of his extraordinary career. This first volume, Ethics, contains the summaries of Foucault's renowned courses at the Collège de France, as well as key writings and candid interviews on ethical matters: from the role of the intellectual and philosopher in society to friendship, sexuality and the care of the self and others.

Edited by Paul Rabinow
Translated by Robert Hurley and Others

Reviews

  • A fabulous journey through thirty years of political and intellectual ferment that shows that Foucault's work is as alive and contemporary as ever
    Didier Eribon

About the author

Michel Foucault

Michel Foucalt (1926-1984) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in postwar France. Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.
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