THE ETHICAL AND POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MICHEL
FOUCAULT’S ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY OF THE CARE OF THE SELF
THE ETHICAL AND POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MICHEL
FOUCAULT’S ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY OF THE CARE OF THE SELF
Author(s): Maria KliSubject(s): History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: subject; care of the self; technologies of the self; ancient Greek philosophy; spirituality; ethics; science; politics; freedom
Summary/Abstract: The ethical constitution of the subject in Michel Foucault’s work relies on the way truthis perceived, and on the way the knowledge of truth is produced. Foucault understandssubjectivity as constituted socio-historically by means of particular techniques, whichhe refers to as “Technologies of the Self.” The main focus of this paper is to present theway in which two different kinds of approaching the truth, the modern scientific and theancient Greek one, develop different kinds of technologies as ways of forming the subjectivity.It is maintained that the ancient technology of the care of the self can be especiallymeaningful in contemporary society from an ethical and political perspectives.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 189-202
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
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