Foucault on the politics of parrhesia

Author(s)

• Dyrberg, Torben Bech

Bibliographic Information

Foucault on the politics of parrhesia

Torben Bech Dyrberg

（Palgrave pivot）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Foucault saw the notion of parrhesia (truth-telling) as the most important factor for how governments could and should communicate with their people and vice versa. This important collection compiles and analyses Foucault's views on parrhesia to shed new light on his ideas on the importance of truth-telling in democracies.

Table of Contents

1. Speaking Truth to Power and Power Speaking Truthfully 2. Power: From Productive Submission and Domination to Transformative Capacity 3. The Nature of Critique: Political not Epistemological 4. The Politics of Critique: Political Engagement and Government 5. The Nature of Parrhesia: Political Truth-Telling in Relation to Power/Knowledge/Ethics 6. The Politics of pParrhesia: The Autonomy of Democratic Politics and the Parrhesiastic Pact 7. Leadership and Community: Critique of Obedience and Democratic Paradoxes 8. Political Perspectives: Authority and the Duality of Power, Politics and Politicization

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Details

• NCID: BB21147664
• ISBN:
  • 9781137368348
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 141 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 194
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984
  • LCSH : Political science -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Truthfulness and falsehood -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Parrhēsia (The Greek word)
  • LCSH : Communication in politics
  • LCSH : Freedom of speech
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB1163475X