Foucault's Askesis: An Introduction to the Philosophical Life

by Edward F. McGushin

Book Overview

In his renowned courses at the Coll?ge de France from 1982 to 1984, Michel Foucault devoted his lectures to meticulous readings and interpretations of the works of Plato, Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius, among others. In this his aim was not, Edward F. McGushin contends, to develop a new knowledge of the history of philosophy; rather, it was to let himself be transformed by the very activity of thinking. Thus, this work shows us Foucault in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810122839
• ISBN13: 9780810122833
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"