The Final Foucault

by Bernauer, James; Rasmussen, David

• ISBN13: 9780262521321
• ISBN10: 0262521326
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-03-18
• Publisher: The MIT Press

Summary

Michel Foucault left a rich legacy of ideas and approaches, many of which still await exposition and analysis. The Final Foucaultis devoted to his last published (and some as yet unpublished) work and includes a translation of one of his last interviews, a comprehensive bibliography of his publications, and a biographical chronology. Foucault was still working on his history of sexuality when he died in 1984, but his main concern remained, as throughout his career, a deeper understanding of the nature of truth. His final set of lectures at the College de France, described here by Thomas Flynn, focused on the concept of truth-telling as a moral virtue in the ancient world. In the other essays, Karlis Racevskis examines the questions of identity at the core of Foucault's work; Garth Gillan takes up the problems inherent in any attempt to characterize Foucault's philosophy; James Bernauer explores the ethical basis of Foucault's work and offers a context for understanding his late interest in the Christian experience; and Diane Rubenstein offers a Lacanian interpretation of the last work. James Bernauer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. The Final Foucault is based on a special issue of the Journal Philosophy and Social Criticism, edited by David Rasmussen and published at Boston College.

Author Biography

James Bernauer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College.

David Rasmussen is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and editor of Philosophy and Social Criticism.

Table of Contents

an introductory note	vii
The ethic of care for the self as a practice of freedom an interview translated	1	(20)
Michel Foucault
j. d. gauthier
michel foucault, rameau's nephew, and the question of identity	21	(13)
Karlis Racevskis
foucault's philosophy	34	(11)
Garth Gillan
michel foucault's ecstatic thinking	45	(38)
James Bernauer
food for thought: metonymy in the late foucault	83	(19)
Diane Rubenstein
foucault as parrhesiast: his last course at the college de france (1984)	102	(17)
Thomas Flynn
the works of michel foucault 1954--1984	119	(40)
James Bernauer
Thomas Keenan
a biographical chronology	159	(8)
michel foucault
notes on contributors	167