{"product_id":"hermeneutics-of-the-subject-9780312425708","title":"The Hermeneutics of the Subject: Lectures at the Collège de France 1981--1982","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hermeneutics of the Subject\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFoucault's wide-ranging lectures at this school, delivered throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, clearly influenced his groundbreaking books, especially \u003ci\u003eThe History of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDiscipline and Punish\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Hermeneutics of the Subject\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Foucault at the height of his powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel Foucault\u003c\/b\u003e's works include \u003ci\u003eMadness and Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe History of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e. Series editor \u003cb\u003eArnold I. Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the University of Chicago. Translator \u003cb\u003eGraham Burchell\u003c\/b\u003e has written essays on Foucault and was an editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Foucault Effect\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503225311506,"sku":"9780312425708","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61fddaef-c917-4973-9a17-5e958bd15701.jpg?v=1730785554","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hermeneutics-of-the-subject-9780312425708","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}