Contemporary social and political theory has reached an impasse
about a problem that had once seemed straightforward: how can
individuals make ethical judgments about power and politics? Crisis
of Authority analyzes the practices that bind authority, trust, and
truthfulness in contemporary theory and politics. Drawing on newly
available archival materials, Nancy Luxon locates two models for
such practices in Sigmund Freud's writings on psychoanalytic
technique and Michel Foucault's unpublished lectures on the ancient
ethical practices of fearless speech, or parrhesia. Luxon argues
that the dynamics provoked by the figures of psychoanalyst and
truth-teller are central to this process. Her account offers a more
supple understanding of the modern ethical subject and new insights
into political authority and authorship.
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