A groundbreaking examination of Michel Foucault’s history of truth. Many blame Michel Foucault for our post-truth and conspiracy-laden society, but Daniele Lorenzini argues that such criticism misunderstands the philosopher’s work: Foucault did not question truth itself but what Lorenzini calls “the force of truth,” or how some truth claims are given the power to govern our con...(展开全部)

What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine. Modern cult...(展开全部)

What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine. Modern cult...(展开全部)

伯纳德•威廉斯（Bernard Williams，1929-2003），早年在英国牛津大学研究哲学和古典学，曾先后担任伦敦大学、剑桥大学、牛津大学和美国加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的哲学教授。1970年被选为英国社会科学院院士，之后又当选为美国艺术与科学院外籍院士，并在1999年因其在哲学上的重大贡献而被授予爵位。 威廉斯的主要工作领域是伦理学、知识论、心灵哲学和政治哲学。他在早期希腊思想和笛卡儿的研究上建树卓越，但他最重要的影响是在伦理学方面。威廉斯对功利主义和康德伦理学的批判，对道德和道德要求的本质的探究，主导了近三十年来西方伦理理论的思维，在某种意义上是这一时期最重要的道德哲学家。 徐向东，浙江大学哲学系教授。1986年获北京大学理学士学位，1989年获中国社会科学院研究生院哲学硕士学位，2002年获美国哥伦比亚大学哲学博士学位。2002年2月—2...(展开全部)

作者简介 乔伊斯·阿普尔比，美国加州大学洛杉矶分校历史学教授。著有《历史想像中的自由主义与共和政治：1790年代的杰弗逊式看法》、《17世纪英国的经济思想与意识形态》。曾于1991—1992年担任美国历史学会主席。 林恩·亨特，美国宾州大学安柏格历史讲座教授，新文化史运动的主要倡导者和领导者之一。著有《法国大革命的家族传奇》、《法国大革命的政治、文化与阶级》，曾主编《新文化史》以及《色情之发明：诲淫与现代性之起源,1500—1800年》。 玛格丽特·雅各布，美国社会研究新学院的历史学教授。著有《启蒙时代的生活：18世纪欧洲的共济会与政治》、《激进的启蒙运动：泛神论者、共济会员与共和党人》、《牛顿主义者与英国革命，1689—1720年》、《科学革命的文化意义》。 译者简介 刘北成 清华大学历史系系主任，著名学者、翻译家。译有《历史研究》《疯癫与文明》...(展开全部)

"A fascinating historiographical essay. . . . An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."— Booklist

This is a study of Michel Foucault's life in philosophy. Foucault was probably the most influential Western philosopher since Sartre. Hailed as an original thinker, he has also been criticized as a dangerous and irresponsible nihilist. Drawing on extensive research, this book focuses on the philosopher's obsession with death and his taste for sado-masochistic sex. By the author...(展开全部)

This is a study of Michel Foucault's life in philosophy. Foucault was probably the most influential Western philosopher since Sartre. Hailed as an original thinker, he has also been criticized as a dangerous and irresponsible nihilist. Drawing on extensive research, this book focuses on the philosopher's obsession with death and his taste for sado-masochistic sex. By the author...(展开全部)

作者简介： 戴维•梅西（David Macey，1949—2011） 英国作家、翻译家，尤其在当代法国哲学和政治思想领域备受赞誉。1949年出生于桑德兰，后就读于伦敦大学学院，曾在利兹大学、诺丁汉大学任职。戴维•梅西一生著述颇丰，著有《语境中的拉康》（Lacan in Contexts）、《福柯传》（The Lives of Michel Foucault）、《企鹅批评理论词典》（The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory）、《弗朗茨•法农传》（Frantz Fanon: a biography）、《福柯》（Michel Foucault）等。此外，他将60多本书从法语翻译成英语，诸如《必须保卫社会》（Society Must be Defended）、《我的教学》（My Teaching）、《埃米尔•涂尔干传...(展开全部)

When he died of an AIDS-related condition in 1984, Michel Foucault had become the most influential French philosopher since the end of World War II. His powerful studies of the creation of modern medicine, prisons, psychiatry, and other methods of classification have had a lasting impact on philosophers, historians, critics, and novelists the world over. But as public as he was...(展开全部)