Constructing Foucault's Ethics - A Poststructuralist Moral Theory for the Twenty-First Century

In popularizing the term ‘speaking truth to power’, now widely used throughout the world, Michel Foucault established the basis upon which a new ethics can be constructed. This is the thesis that Mark Olssen advances in Constructing Foucault’s ethics. Olssen not only ‘speaks truth’ to existing moral and ethical theories that have dominated western philosophy since Plato, but also shows how, by using Foucault’s insights, an alternative ethical and moral theory can be established that both avoids the pitfalls of postmodern relativism and simultaneously grounds ethical, moral, and political discourse for the present age. Taking the late ‘ethical turn’ in the philosopher’s thought as its starting point, this ambitious study seeks to construct an ethics beyond anything Foucault ever attempted while remaining consistent with his core postulates. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2024
First published:	2021
Authors:	Mark Olssen
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-7627-1
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-5261-7627-0
Barcode:	9781526176271

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