The hermeneutics of the subject: lectures at the college de france 1981-82

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Sinopse

The Hermeneutics of the Subject is the third volume in the collection of Michel Foucault's lectures at the Collège de France, where faculty give public lectures on any topic of their choosing. Attended by thousands, Foucault's lectures were seminal events in the world of French letters, and his ideas expressed there remain benchmarks of contemporary critical inquiry. Foucault's wide-ranging lectures at this school, delivered throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, clearly influenced his groundbreaking books, especially The History of Sexuality and Discipline and Punish. In the lectures comprising this volume, Foucault focuses on how the "self" and the "care of the self" were conceived during the period of antiquity, beginning with Socrates. The problems of the ethical formation of the self, Foucault argues, form the background for our own questions about subjectivity and remain at the center of contemporary moral thought. This series of lectures continues to throw new light on Foucault's final works, and shows the full depth of his engagement with ancient thought. Lucid and provocative, The Hermeneutics of the Subject reveals Foucault at the height of his powers.

Participantes

Autor: Michel Foucault

Organizador: Frederic Gros

Tradutor: Graham Burchell

Autor

MICHEL FOUCAULT

Paul-Michel Foucault nasceu em Poitiers, França, em 15 de outubro de 1926. Em 1946 ingressa na École Normale Supérieure, onde conhece e mantém contato com Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-Paul Sartre, Paul Veyne, entre outros. Em 1949, Foucault conclui sua Licenciatura em Psicologia e recebe seu diploma em Estudos Superiores de Filosofia, com uma tese sobre Hegel, sob a orientação de Jean Hyppolite. Michel Foucault foi um dos mais proeminentes teóricos do século XX. Suas pesquisas lançaram os fundamentos — a partir do que chamou de arqueologia do saber, genealogia do poder e genealogia dos modos de subjetivação — de uma nova orientação para o estudo contemporâneo das ciências humanas e o pensamento sobre as relações sociais. Morreu em 25 de junho de 1984.