Lectures on the Will to Know
1970-1971 and Oedipal Knowledge
Published on 9. April 2013
Book
Hardback
XV, 293 pages
978-1-4039-8656-6 (ISBN)
Description
In the first of his annual series of lectures at the Collège de France, Foucault develops a vigorous Nietzschean history of the will to know through an analysis of changing procedures of truth, legal forms, and class struggles in ancient Greece.
Reviews / Votes
"Foucault is quite central to our sense of where we are." - The Nation
"Ideas spark off nearly every page . . . The words may have been spoken in [the 1970s], but they seem as alive and relevant as if they had been written yesterday." - Bookforum
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Series
Edition
2013 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XV, 293 p.
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
501 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-8656-6 (9781403986566)
DOI
10.1057/9781137044860
Schweitzer Classification
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Persons
Author Michel Foucault: Michel Foucault, acknowledged as the pre-eminent philosopher of France in the 1970s and 1980s, continues to have enormous impact throughout the world in many disciplines.
Content
Foreword: François Ewald and Alessandro Fontana Translator's Note 1. 9 December 1970 2. 16 December 1970 3. 6 January 1971 4. 13 January 1971 5. 27 January 1971 6. 3 February 1971 7. 10 February 1971 8. 17 February 1971 9. 24 February 1971 10. 3 March 1971 11. 10 March 1971 12. 17 March 1971 13. Lecture On Nietzsche Course summary Oedipal Knowledge Course context Index of notions Index of names