The truths we tell ourselves: Foucault on Parrhesia

Foucault Studies

Volumn , Issue 13, 2012, Pages 99-115

  Simpson, Zachary ^a  

^a University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics of existence; Fiction; Parrhesia; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862258402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18325203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22439/fs.v0i13.3461     Document Type: Review

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