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Hadot and Foucault on Ancient Philosophy
Critical Assessments
Series: - Philosophy as a Way of Life, Volume: 5
The affinities between Pierre Hadotâs and Michel Foucaultâs interpretations of ancient philosophy, as well as their impact, are well-known. However, these interpretations have been criticized in several crucial points. This book provides the first extensive critical assessment of these interpretations. It brings together specialists in ancient philosophy, as well as Hadot and Foucault scholars, in order both to explore criticisms and clarify Hadotâs and Foucaultâs accounts.
In doing so, it not only offers an overview of the main trends in Philosophy as a Way of Life, but also recasts the debate and opens new paths of inquiry in the field.
In doing so, it not only offers an overview of the main trends in Philosophy as a Way of Life, but also recasts the debate and opens new paths of inquiry in the field.
Marta Faustino, Ph.D. (2013), is an Appointed Research Fellow at the NOVA Institute of Philosophy (IFILNOVA/NOVA-FCSH). She has published several articles and chapters on Nietzsche, Hadot and Foucault and co-edited five books, including The Late Foucault: Ethical and Political Questions (Bloomsbury, 2020).
Hélder Telo, Ph.D. (2018), is an Appointed Research Fellow at Praxis: Centre for Philosophy, Politics and Culture (University of Beira Interior, Portugal). He has published articles and chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism and Heidegger, among others, and co-edited two books, including In the Mirror of the Phaedrus (Academia, 2013).
Hélder Telo, Ph.D. (2018), is an Appointed Research Fellow at Praxis: Centre for Philosophy, Politics and Culture (University of Beira Interior, Portugal). He has published articles and chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism and Heidegger, among others, and co-edited two books, including In the Mirror of the Phaedrus (Academia, 2013).
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Task of Assessing Hadotâs and Foucaultâs Interpretations of Ancient Philosophy
âMarta Faustino and Hélder Telo
1 To What Extent Can Greek Philosophy Be Characterized as an âArt of Livingâ?
âChristoph Horn
2 Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life Examined: Clearing up the Confusion between âWay of Lifeâ and âArt of Lifeâ
âAnnie Larivée
3 The Problem of the Dandy in the Aesthetics of Existence: Foucaultâs Dialogue with Hadot, Kant, and Baudelaire
âPaul Allen Miller
4 Philosophical Mythoi: the Birth of Spirituality from the Nature of Things
âGianfranco Ferraro
5 A Contamination of Philosophy by Religion? Reassessing Hadotâs Notion of Spiritual Exercises
âMarta Faustino
6 Pierre Hadot and His Critics on Spiritual Exercises and Cosmic Consciousness: from Ancient Philosophy to Contemporary Neurology
âMichael Chase
7 Ancient Stoicism: between Spiritual Exercises and Cognitive Therapy
âKonrad Banicki
8 Towards a Comparative Archaeology of the Notion of âSpiritualâ: Michel Foucault and âAncient Philosophyâ as âSpiritualityâ
âPierre Vesperini
9 On the Role of Reason in Ancient Philosophical Practice: an Intellectualist Reframing of Hadotâs and Foucaultâs Approach
âHélder Telo
10 Foucault on ParrhÄsia and Rhetoric: a Reassessment
âDaniele Lorenzini
11 From Speech to Pure Visibility: a Problem in Foucaultâs Conception of Socratic Parrhesia
âPaulo Alexandre Lima
12 Between Care of the Other and Truth-Telling: the Place of Epicureanism in the Interrupted Dialogue between Michel Foucault and Pierre Hadot
âFederico Testa
13 Physics, Periodization & Platonism: Inflecting the Foucault-Hadot Dialogue in Light of LâHerméneutique du sujet
âMatthew Sharpe
14 Foucault, Reader of Plato: the Problem of εÌÏιμεÌλεια ÏÎ¿Ï Í Î²Î¹ÌοÏ
âFábio Serranito
15 Aristotle and Philosophy as a Way of Life
âJohn Sellars
16 Creative Error Genealogy: toward a Method in the History of Philosophy
âEli Kramer and Gary Herstein
Index
Introduction: The Task of Assessing Hadotâs and Foucaultâs Interpretations of Ancient Philosophy
âMarta Faustino and Hélder Telo
PART 1: General Accounts
1 To What Extent Can Greek Philosophy Be Characterized as an âArt of Livingâ?
âChristoph Horn
2 Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life Examined: Clearing up the Confusion between âWay of Lifeâ and âArt of Lifeâ
âAnnie Larivée
3 The Problem of the Dandy in the Aesthetics of Existence: Foucaultâs Dialogue with Hadot, Kant, and Baudelaire
âPaul Allen Miller
PART 2: Spirituality
4 Philosophical Mythoi: the Birth of Spirituality from the Nature of Things
âGianfranco Ferraro
5 A Contamination of Philosophy by Religion? Reassessing Hadotâs Notion of Spiritual Exercises
âMarta Faustino
6 Pierre Hadot and His Critics on Spiritual Exercises and Cosmic Consciousness: from Ancient Philosophy to Contemporary Neurology
âMichael Chase
7 Ancient Stoicism: between Spiritual Exercises and Cognitive Therapy
âKonrad Banicki
8 Towards a Comparative Archaeology of the Notion of âSpiritualâ: Michel Foucault and âAncient Philosophyâ as âSpiritualityâ
âPierre Vesperini
PART 3: Logos and Truth
9 On the Role of Reason in Ancient Philosophical Practice: an Intellectualist Reframing of Hadotâs and Foucaultâs Approach
âHélder Telo
10 Foucault on ParrhÄsia and Rhetoric: a Reassessment
âDaniele Lorenzini
11 From Speech to Pure Visibility: a Problem in Foucaultâs Conception of Socratic Parrhesia
âPaulo Alexandre Lima
12 Between Care of the Other and Truth-Telling: the Place of Epicureanism in the Interrupted Dialogue between Michel Foucault and Pierre Hadot
âFederico Testa
PART 4: Hermeneutical Questions
13 Physics, Periodization & Platonism: Inflecting the Foucault-Hadot Dialogue in Light of LâHerméneutique du sujet
âMatthew Sharpe
14 Foucault, Reader of Plato: the Problem of εÌÏιμεÌλεια ÏÎ¿Ï Í Î²Î¹ÌοÏ
âFábio Serranito
15 Aristotle and Philosophy as a Way of Life
âJohn Sellars
16 Creative Error Genealogy: toward a Method in the History of Philosophy
âEli Kramer and Gary Herstein
Index
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