"The Hermeneutics of the Subject" is the third volume in the collection of Michel Foucault's lectures at the College de France, where faculty give public lectures on any topic of their choosing. Attended by thousands, Foucault's lectures were seminal events in the world of French letters, and his ideas expressed there remain benchmarks of contemporary critical inquiry. Foucault's wide-ranging lectures at this school, delivered throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, clearly influenced his groundbreaking books, especially "The History of Sexuality" and "Discipline and Punish." In the lectures comprising this volume, Foucault focuses on how the "self" and the "care of the self" were conceived during the period of antiquity, beginning with Socrates. The problems of the ethical formation of the self, Foucault argues, form the background for our own questions about subjectivity and remain at the center of contemporary moral thought. This series of lectures continues to throw new light on Foucault's final works, and shows the full depth of his engagement with ancient thought. Lucid and provocative, "The Hermeneutics of the Subject" reveals Foucault at the height of his powers.

米歇尔・福柯,1926年10月15日出生在法国的普瓦利埃。1946―1949年,就读于巴黎高师和索邦大学,先后获得哲学和心理学文凭。1951年,通过哲学教师资格考试。1961年获国家博士学位。1970年被遴选为法兰西学院院士。1984年6月25日因感染上艾滋病去世。福柯一生著作甚丰,闻名于世的有《癫狂与文明：古典时代的癫狂史》（1961年）、《诊所的诞生》（1963年）、《词与物》（1966年）、《知识考古学》（1969年）、《规训与惩罚》（1975年）和《性经验史》三卷（1976,1984,1984年）。

米歇尔・福柯是后结构主义主要代表人物。他不仅“谈玄论理”,而且还直接批评自启蒙运动以来的“现代性文化”。...

作者作品:

・ 《性经验史》

・ 《不正常的人》

・ 《主体解释学（1981-1982）》

・ 《性经验史（增订版）》

・ 《必须保卫社会》