A groundbreaking examination of Michel Foucault's history of truth.
Many blame Michel Foucault for our post-truth and conspiracy-laden
society. In this provocative work, Daniele Lorenzini argues that
such criticism fundamentally misunderstands the philosopher’s
project. Foucault did not question truth itself but what Lorenzini
calls “the force of truth,” or how some truth claims are given
the power to govern our conduct while others are not. This
interest, Lorenzini shows, drove Foucault to articulate a new
ethics and politics of truth-telling precisely in order to evade
the threat of relativism. The Force of Truth explores this
neglected dimension of Foucault’s project by putting his writings
on regimes of truth and parrhesia in conversation with early
analytic philosophy and by drawing out the “possibilizing”
elements of Foucault’s genealogies that remain vital for
practicing critique today.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Firstpublished: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Daniele Lorenzini
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| Translators: |
Daniele Lorenzini
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
192 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-82745-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-226-82745-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780226827452 |
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