In 1968, Michel Foucault agreed to a series of interviews with
critic Claude Bonnefoy, which were to be published in book form.
Bonnefoy wanted a dialogue with Foucault about his relationship to
writing rather than about the content of his books. The project was
abandoned, but a transcript of the initial interview survived and
is now being published for the first time in English. In this brief
and lively exchange, Foucault reflects on how he approached the
written word throughout his life, from his school days to his
discovery of the pleasure of writing. Wide ranging,
characteristically insightful, and unexpectedly autobiographical,
the discussion is revelatory of Foucault's intellectual
development, his aims as a writer, his clinical methodology ("let's
say I'm a diagnostician"), and his interest in other authors,
including Raymond Roussel and Antonin Artaud. Foucault discloses,
in ways he never had previously, details about his home life, his
family history, and the profound sense of obligation he feels to
the act of writing. In his Introduction, Philippe Artieres
investigates Foucault's engagement in various forms of oral
discourse-lectures, speeches, debates, press conferences, and
interviews-and their place in his work. Speech Begins after Death
shows Foucault adopting a new language, an innovative
autobiographical communication that is neither conversation nor
monologue, and is one of his most personal statements about his
life and writing.
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