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Available
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Publication
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : New York : Palgrave Macmillan ; St Martin's Press , 2010.
Description
An exciting and highly original examination of the practices of truth-telling and speaking out freely (parr'sia) in ancient Greek tragedy and philosophy. Foucault discusses the difficult and changing practices of truth-telling in ancient democracies and tyrannies and offers a new perspective on the specific relationship of philosophy to politics.
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Language
Original language
French
Original publication date
2008 (original French)
2010 (English: Burchell)
Physical description
xvi, 402 p.; 23 cm
ISBN
9781403986665