Le Souci de soi

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Le Souci de soi is Michel Foucault’s third volume of *The History of Sexuality*, in which he analyzes how individuals in Greco-Roman antiquity fashioned an ethical relationship to themselves through practices of self-care.

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Le Souci de soi canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophy book ⓘ
work on ethics ⓘ
author Michel Foucault ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
discusses ethical relations to pleasure ⓘ
philosophical schools of antiquity ⓘ
practices of self-examination ⓘ
regimens of diet and sexuality ⓘ
examines Greco-Roman philosophical practices ⓘ
ancient practices of self-mastery ⓘ
relations between ethics and subjectivity ⓘ
explores ethical self-formation ⓘ
technologies of the self ⓘ
fieldOfStudy classical studies ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
gender and sexuality studies ⓘ
history of ideas ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Imperial period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Empire
follows The Use of Pleasure ⓘ
hasCentralConcept aesthetics of existence ⓘ
askesis (ascetic practices) ⓘ
epimeleia heautou (care of the self) ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle The Care of the Self ⓘ
hasTheme care of the body and soul ⓘ
formation of ethical subjectivity ⓘ
relation between truth and self ⓘ
mainTopic Greco-Roman antiquity ⓘ
linked to: Classical antiquity

care of the self ⓘ
ethics of the self ⓘ
history of sexuality ⓘ
self-care practices ⓘ
subjectivity ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf The History of Sexuality ⓘ
philosophicalTradition continental philosophy ⓘ
post-structuralism ⓘ
precedes none (final volume of original trilogy) ⓘ
relatedWork The Hermeneutics of the Subject ⓘ
The Use of Pleasure ⓘ
The Will to Knowledge ⓘ
seriesOrdinal third volume ⓘ
setInIntellectualContext late work of Michel Foucault ⓘ
volumeNumber 3 ⓘ

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The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self → originalTitle → Le Souci de soi ⓘ
subject linked to: The History of Sexuality
L'Usage des plaisirs → precedes → Le Souci de soi ⓘ
Les Aveux de la chair → follows → Le Souci de soi ⓘ