About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Two Lectures at Dartmouth

FOUCAULT, MICHEL; BLASIUS, MARK

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About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Two Lectures at Dartmouth

FOUCAULT, MICHEL, BLASIUS, MARK·1993·Political Theory

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Texte integral des deux conferences donnees par M. Foucault au College de Dartmouth en 1980 sous les titres de « Subjectivity and Truth » et « Christianity and Confession ». Elles marquent une transition de l'etude des systemes de relations de pouvoir vers l'etude de la creation de l'agent ethique et font allusion aux themes qui apparaitront plus tard dans les volumes 2 et 3 de l'« Histoire de la sexualite »

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“That the development of humanity should be seen as a shifting series of interpretations is also claimed by poststructuralists, particularly those influenced by the works of Michel Foucault (e.g. Foucault, 1993).”
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Authors: FOUCAULT, M., & BLASIUS, M.
Affiliations: City University of New York (US)
ORCID: FOUCAULT, MICHEL
Venue: Political Theory
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 1993-05
Volume: 21
Issue: 2
Pages: 198-227
ISSN: 0090-5917 (ISSN-L)
1552-7476
DOI: 10.1177/0090591793021002004
OpenAlex: W2091088468
Cited by: 767
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 10 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 56 · 2020: 44 · 2019: 52 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 43 · 2015: 42 · 2014: 43 · 2013: 58 · 2012: 41
FWCI: 10.18
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Political Theory (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Foucault, Power, and Ethics
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Philosophy and Social Theory
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Theology and Sovereignty
Keywords: hermeneutics of the self, subjectivity, truth, confession, Christianity, power relations, self-creation, Michel Foucault, history of sexuality

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About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Two Lectures at Dartmouth

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