{"product_id":"subjectivity-and-truth-lectures-at-the-collge-de-france-1980-1981-9781250195081","title":"Subjectivity and Truth: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1980-1981","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSubjectivity and Truth: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1980-1981\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume captures Michel Foucault's decisive 1981 lecture series that marked a fundamental reorientation in his philosophical project and \u003ci\u003eThe History of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e. These lectures represent the moment when Foucault shifted his focus to arts of living as the central framework for understanding subjectivity, establishing a new approach to ethics as the deliberate cultivation of one's relationship to oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Philosophical Contributions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn these lectures, Foucault examines the Greek subordination of gender differences to the opposition between active and passive roles. He traces the development of Imperial stoicism's model of the conjugal bond, which emphasized unwavering fidelity and shared feelings while leading to the disqualification of homosexuality. This analysis directly foreshadows his later works \u003ci\u003eThe Use of Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Care of the Self\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical and Intellectual Context\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDelivered at the prestigious Collège de France, these 1980-1981 lectures demonstrate Foucault's methodology of examining how individuals constitute themselves as subjects through ethical practices. The course material explores ancient philosophical traditions and their influence on Western concepts of selfhood, sexuality, and moral conduct.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCritical Reception\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Foucault must be reckoned with.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Foucault's \u003ci\u003eLectures at the Collège de France\u003c\/i\u003e Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ideas spark off nearly every page...The words may have been spoken in [the 1970s] but they seem as alive and relevant as if they had been written yesterday.\" --\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Foucault] has an alert and sensitive mind that can ignore the familiar surfaces of established intellectual codes and ask new questions...[He] gives dramatic quality to the movement of culture.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Michel Foucault\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel Foucault\u003c\/b\u003e (1926-1984) was acknowledged as the preeminent philosopher of France in the 1970s and 1980s, and continues to have enormous impact throughout the world in many disciplines. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Government of Self and Others\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Courage of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Biopolitics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Punitive Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680847008018,"sku":"9781250195081","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7c4990dd-2644-4607-bae9-ff64ebc034ee.jpg?v=1733943933","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/subjectivity-and-truth-lectures-at-the-collge-de-france-1980-1981-9781250195081","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}