TY - BOOK AU - Foucault, Michel, AU - Burchell, Graham. AU - Davidson, Arnold I., AU - Ewald, Francois, AU - Fontana, Alessandro, AU - Foucault, Michel, AU - Gros, Frederic. TI - The government of self and others: lectures at the College de France, 1982-1983 SN - 9780312572921;0312572921 AV - B 2430.F723 .G745 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Picador/Palgrave Macmillan KW - Freedom of speech KW - Philosophy, Modern KW - Political science KW - Truthfulness and falsehood N1 - First published in France as Le Gouvernement de soi et des autres: Cours au College de France, 1982-1983 by editions du Seuil/Gallimard--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - This book was translated by Graham Burchell which talks an exciting and highly original examination of the practices of truth-telling and speaking out freely (parresia) in ancient Greek tragedy and philosophy. The author [Foucault] discusses the difficult and changing practices of truth-telling in ancient democracies and tyrannies ER -