Results for "Gros, Frédéric"

This “passionate affirmation of the simple life” explores how walking has influenced history’s greatest thinkers—from Henry David Thoreau and John Muir to Gandhi and Nietzsche (Observer) “It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.” —NietzscheIn this French bestseller, leadi... Read More about A Philosophy of Walking

The fourth and final volume in Michel Foucault’s acclaimed History of Sexuality, completed just before his death in 1984 and finally available to the public   One of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, Michel Foucault made an indelible impact on Western thought. The first th... Read More about Confessions of the Flesh: The History of Sexuality, Volume 4

"Foucault must be reckoned with." —The New York Times Book ReviewPraise for Foucault’s Lectures at the Collège de France Series“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.” —Bookforum“[Fo... Read More about Subjectivity and Truth: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1980-1981 (Michel Foucault Lectures at the Collège de France #12)

This lecture, given by Michel Foucault at the Collège de France, launches an inquiry into the notion of parresia and continues his rereading of ancient philosophy. Through the study of this notion of truth-telling, of speaking out freely, Foucault re-examines Greek citizenship, showing how the coura... Read More about The Government of Self and Others: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1982-1983 (Michel Foucault Lectures at the Collège de France #10)

This book addresses the possibilities of analyzing the modern international through the thought of Michel Foucault. The broad range of authors brought together in this volume question four of the most self-evident characteristics of our contemporary world-'international', 'neoliberal', 'biopolitical... Read More about Foucault and the Modern International: Silences and Legacies for the Study of World Politics (The Sciences Po International Relations and Political Economy)