| The Politics of Truth, New Edition Contributor(s): Foucault, Michel (Author), Lotringer, Sylvere (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1584350393 ISBN-13: 9781584350392 Publisher: Semiotext(e) OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2007 Annotation: In 1784, the German newspaper "Berlinische Monatsschrift" asked its audience to reply to the question "What is Enlightenment?" Immanuel Kant took the opportunity to investigate the purported truths and assumptions of his age. Two hundred years later, Michel Foucault wrote a response to Kant's initial essay, positioning Kant as the initiator of the discourse and critique of modernity. "The Politics of Truth" takes this initial encounter between Foucault and Kant, as a framework for its selection of unpublished essays and transcripts of lectures Foucault gave in America and France between 1978 and 1984, the year of his death. Ranging from reflections on the Enlightenment and revolution to a consideration of the Frankfurt School, this collection offers insight into the topics preoccupying Foucault as he worked on what would be his last body of published work, the three-volume "History of Sexuality." It also offers what is in a sense the most "American" moment of Foucault's thinking, for it was in America that he realized the necessity of tying his own thought to that of the Frankfurt School. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 194 |
| Series: Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.04" W x 8.92" (0.68 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - French |
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| Publisher Description: Ranging from reflections on the Enlightenment and revolution to a consideration of the Frankfurt School, this collection offers insight into the topics preoccupying Foucault as he worked on what would be his last body of published work, the three-volume History of Sexuality. In 1784, the German newspaper Berlinische Monatsschrift asked its audience to reply to the question What is Enlightenment? Immanuel Kant took the opportunity to investigate the purported truths and assumptions of his age. Two hundred years later, Michel Foucault wrote a response to Kant's initial essay, positioning Kant as the initiator of the discourse and critique of modernity. The Politics of Truth takes this initial encounter between Foucault and Kant, as a framework for its selection of unpublished essays and transcripts of lectures Foucault gave in America and France between 1978 and 1984, the year of his death. Ranging from reflections on the Enlightenment and revolution to a consideration of the Frankfurt School, this collection offers insight into the topics preoccupying Foucault as he worked on what would be his last body of published work, the three-volume History of Sexuality. It also offers what is in a sense the most American moment of Foucault's thinking, for it was in America that he realized the necessity of tying his own thought to that of the Frankfurt School. |
Contributor Bio(s): Foucault, Michel: - Michel Foucault (1926-84) is widely considered to be one of the most influential academic voices of the twentieth century and has proven influential across disciplines.Lotringer, Sylvere: - Sylvère Lotringer is Jean Baudrillard Chair at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University. |