"Discourse and Truth" and "Parresia" (The Chicago Foucault Project) by Michel Foucault, edited by Henri-Paul Fruchaud, Daniele Lorenzini, translated by Nancy Luxon
English | July 8, 2019 | ISBN: 022650946X | EPUB | 295 pages | 0.5 MB
This volume collects a series of lectures given by the renowned French thinker Michel Foucault late in his career. The book is composed of two parts: a talk, Parrēsia, delivered at the University of Grenoble in 1982, and a series of lectures entitled "Discourse and Truth," given at the University of California, Berkeley in 1983, which appears here for the first time in its full and correct form. Together, they provide an unprecedented account of Foucault's reading of the Greek concept of parrēsia, often translated as "truth-telling" or "frank speech." The lectures trace the transformation of this concept across Greek, Roman, and early Christian thought, from its origins in pre-Socratic Greece to its role as a central element of the relationship between teacher and student. In mapping the concept's history, Foucault's concern is not to advocate for free speech; rather, his aim is to explore the moral and political position one must occupy in order to take the risk to speak truthfully.

Understanding Foucault A critical introduction, 2nd Edition
epub | 1.99 MB | English | Isbn:‎ B01182MQ28 | Author: Tony Schirato | Year: 2012

Foucault in Warsaw (Polish Reportage) by Remigiusz Ryzinski
English | July 8th, 2021 | ISBN: 1948830361 | 220 pages | True EPUB | 4.49 MB
In 1958, Michel Foucault arrived in Poland to work on his thesis-a work that eventually came to be published as The History of Madness. While he was there, he became involved with a number of members of the gay community, including a certain "Jurek," who eventually led the secret police directly to Foucault's hotel room, causing his subsequent exit from Poland. That boy's motivations and true identity were hidden among secret police documents for decades, until Remigiusz Ryziński stumbled upon the right report and uncovered the truth about the whole situation.