Truth in the Late Foucault: Antiquity, Sexuality, and Psychoanalysis

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Professor Paul Allen Miller (Carolina Distinguished Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina, USA)

Truth in the Late Foucault

Antiquity, Sexuality, and Psychoanalysis

Professor Paul Allen Miller (Carolina Distinguished Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina, USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic
27 June 2024

Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception

The first full treatment of truth as a core philosophical concept in the late Foucault, this volume examines his work on the ancient world and the early church. Each essay features a deep examination as to how the topics of truth and sexuality intersect with and focus on Foucault’s engagement with ancient philosophy and thought. Truth in the Late Foucault offers readings on Plato, Artemidorus, Cicero, Sophocles and the Stoics, and pays close attention to Cassian, Paulinus of Nola, and early Christian practices of confession.

With the publication of the long-awaited volume 4 of the History of Sexuality: Confessions of the Flesh, the shape of the final Foucault is now brought into stark relief. As well as looking at ancient thought, the contributors explore Foucault’s work in relation to philosophers such as Gadamer, Heidegger, Derrida and Descartes. Foucault’s long-running and often contentious dialogue with psychoanalysis, on the relation between truth and the subject, is also examined. Each essay not only makes an important statement, but also is part of an interconnected arc of topics and understanding, covering both the ancient and modern periods. This book reveals that Foucault’s concern with antiquity raises questions deeply pertinent to the present moment.

Edited by: Professor Paul Allen Miller (Carolina Distinguished Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature University of South Carolina USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350357266
ISBN 10: 135035726X
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 27 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Allen Miller is Carolina Distinguished Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina, USA, and Distinguished Guest Professor of English at Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea. He is the author of Foucault’s Seminars on Antiquity: Learning to Speak the Truth (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021).

Reviews for Truth in the Late Foucault: Antiquity, Sexuality, and Psychoanalysis

This collection is indispensable for an understanding in Foucault’s later thought and how the problem of truth is entangled with Foucault’s paradigm shifting writings on sexuality. -- Richard Alston, Professor of Roman History, Royal Holloway, UK