The Power Not to Be (What We Are): The Politics and Ethics of Self-creation in Foucault

Abstract To some extent, Foucault’s later works on ethics provides an opportunity to go beyond some of the controversies generated by his work of the 1970s. It was thought, for example, that Foucault had overstated the extent to which individuals could be ‘subjected’ to the influence of power, leavi...

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Main Author: Hofmeyr, Benda (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2006
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2006, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 215-230
Further subjects:B Ethics
B care of the self
B Politics
B power / knowledge
B Power
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