{"product_id":"critique-and-the-care-of-karl-katz-lydn-9789189504806","title":"Critique and the Care of the Self: The Economy of Truth and Government in Michel Foucault's Late Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow can we understand Foucault's work on ancient philosophy, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand its practices of truth-telling and technologies of the self?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile this late phase in Foucault's thought has often been seen as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarking an ethical turn, away from the explicit political stakes of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis earlier works, this book articulates the continuities between his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eengagement with antiquity and political events in his own present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with a reinterpretation of the question of early and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elate style in Foucault's oeuvre, this investigation provides careful\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereadings of his lectures at the Coll?ge de France, showing how\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe care of the self - the style of existence - unfolds as a critical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eproject. With the notion of the subject developed in Foucault's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elate work, the ancient practices of truth-telling can be articulated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith modern economic government, introducing a radically new\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderstanding of the concept of critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Katz Lyd?n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9189504801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789189504806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sodertorn University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Karl Katz Lyd?n","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898006429951,"sku":"9789189504806","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_114c88bb-eed3-4e9f-91a8-6b44a86295a5.jpg?v=1721375279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/critique-and-the-care-of-karl-katz-lydn-9789189504806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}