by Michel Foucault · New Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781565844346
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«Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth» is the philosophical work by Michel Foucault, published by New Press in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Initial volume of the Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984 series, it brings together summaries of Foucault's courses at the Collège de France, along with writings and interviews on friendship, sexuality, and the care of the self and others. An approach to his ethics and the relationship between subjectivity and truth.
First volume of the Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984 series; edited by Paul Rabinow and translated by Robert Hurley.
Recommended for readers of philosophy, ethics, and critical theory who wish to delve into Foucault's late thought.
Paul-Michel Foucault was a French historian of ideas and philosopher, who was also an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher. Foucault's theories primarily addressed the relationships between power, knowledge and liberty, and he analyzed how they are used as a form of social control through multiple institutions. Though often cited as a structuralist and postmodernist, Foucault rejected these labels and sought to critique authority without limits on himself. His thought has influenced academics within a large number of contrasting areas of study, with this especially including those working in anthropology, communication studies, criminology, cultural studies, feminism, literary theory, psychology, and sociology. His efforts against homophobia and racial prejudice as well as against other ideological doctrines have also shaped research into critical theory and Marxism–Leninism alongside other topics.
