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Foucault on the Politics of Parrhesia

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  1. Torben Bech Dyrberg
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Speaking Truth to Power and Power Speaking Truthfully

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    Pages 1-9

  3. Power: From Productive Submission and Domination to Transformative Capacity

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    Pages 10-30

  4. The Nature of Critique: Political Not Epistemological

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    Pages 31-45

  5. The Politics of Critique: Political Engagement and Government

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    Pages 46-65

  6. The Nature of Parrhesia: Political Truth-Telling in Relation to Power, Knowledge and Ethics

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    Pages 66-83

  7. The Politics of Parrhesia:The Autonomy of Democratic Politics and the Parrhesiastic Pact

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    Pages 84-101

  8. Leadership and Community: Critique of Obedience and Democratic Paradoxes

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    Pages 102-118

  9. Political Perspectives: Authority and the Duality of Power, Politics and Politicization

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    Pages 119-125

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 126-141
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Foucault saw the notion of parrhesia (truth-telling) as the most important factor for how governments could and should communicate with their people and vice versa. This important collection compiles and analyses Foucault's views on parrhesia to shed new light on his ideas on the importance of truth-telling in democracies.

About the author

Torben Bech Dyrberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University, Denmark. His research focuses in particular on discourse theory, right/left orientation, power and democratic theory. He has published books and articles related to these areas including The Circular Structure of Power (1997).

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