Michel Foucault and the Games of Truth

by Trans Rachel Clark and Herman Nilson

Book Overview

This book emphasizes the affinity between Foucault's and Nietzsche's thought. Both philosophers tried to give clarity to modernity's arbitrary nature. Following on from Foucault's diagnostic enquiries into a "History of Sexuality" and Nietzsche's appreciation of ancient culture, Nilson's study shows a practical consequence: the self-stylization of the individual. This esthetical attitude replaces a belief in metaphysical and even scientific meaning,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312212976
• ISBN13: 9780312212971
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"