Michel Foucault's Lectures from 1961 to 1983 Now Available Online

Open Culture has made available hours of audio recordings of lectures by French philosopher Michel Foucault, spanning from 1961 to 1983, in both English and French. The collection includes key lecture series such as 'Truth and Subjectivity' (1980), 'Discourse and Truth' (1983), and 'The Culture of the Self' (1983), delivered at UC Berkeley. Foucault's work focused on power, subjectivity, and the modes of objectification that transform human beings into subjects. He critiqued modern state power, pastoral power, and the rationalization of mass incarceration, surveillance, and economic deprivation. The recordings are accessible via Open Culture and Ubuweb as mp3s. Foucault's final lectures explore parrhesia (truth-telling) and ancient practices of self-care. The philosopher died in 1984.