First published 2021
In his final work, renowned thinker Michel Foucault turns his penetrating gaze inward. Discarding academic distance, he lays bare his personal struggles, doubts, and moral quandaries. Foucault's candid reflections challenge readers to confront the contradictions within their own identities, forging an intimate connection between author and audience. Elegantly written and deeply affecting, "Speaking the Truth about Oneself" is a masterclass in philosophical self-examination.
Genres: biography, philosophy, 20th-century, autobiography, biography-memoir, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Period: 20th-Century, 21st-Century
304 pages · Hardcover · University of Chicago Press