Michel Foucault and the Games of Truth
The book emphasises the affinity between Foucault's and Nietzsche's thought. Both philosophers tried to give clarity to modernity's arbitrary nature. Following on from Foucault's diagnostic enquiries into a 'History of Sexuality' and Nietzsche's appreciat
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Michel Foucault and the Gatnes of Truth Herman Nilson Translated by Rachel Clark
First published in Great Britain 1998 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LID
Houndrnills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG2 I 6XS and London Companies and represent.tives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-26626-5 ISBN 978-1-349-26624-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-26624-1 First published in the United St.tes of America 1998 by
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Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York. N.Y. 10010 I BN 978-0-312-21297-1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nilson, Hennan, 1965Michel Foucault and the games of truth I Herman Nilson ; translated by Rachel Clark. p. em. Translated from the German. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-21297-1 I. Foucault, Michel-Contributions in philosophy of life. 2. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-l~lnfluence. 3. Foucault, Michel. Histoire de Ia sexualitt. 4. Sex customs-History. S. Ethics. Ancient. 6. Life. I. Title. 82430.F724NS5 1998 194--dc21 97-38831 CIP
C Herman Nilson I 998 Translation C Rachel Clark 1998 Softcover reprint of the hard cover 1st edition 1998 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90Touenham Court Road, London WIP9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author and translator have assened their rights to be identified as the author and translator of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10
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Contents Acknowledgements
ix
List of Abbreviations
xi
Introduction
xiii
Part 1: Pagan Self-Technologies
1
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The Art of Temperance
3
Different Perspectives
3
The Pleasures as Ethical Substance
7
2
Askesis as Existential Exercise
11
Self-Assay and the Stylistics of Life
14
Dietetics
17
Asymmetrical Relationships
19
Sexuality and Truth
28
A Culture of the Self
33
Dream Criticism as a Technique of Life
33
The Cultivation of the Self
37
'Counter-Alexanders': Pleasure in Oneself
41
Politics as Ethos
45
The Body's Reason
47
Lifestyles in Conflict
51
Contents
viii
Part II: Foucault's Ethos
61
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The Role of Power
63
4
The Project of the Genealogies
68
Genealogy as Diagnosis of the Present
69
Genealogy as an Historical Ontology
73
Genealogy as a Transformative Experiment
78
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Modernity as an Attitude
80
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The Care of the Truth
88
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